Medway Maritime Hospital

"Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham" redirects here. For the earlier RN Hospital, see Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham § Melville Hospital.

Medway Maritime Hospital
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway Maritime Hospital
Medway Maritime Hospital is located in Kent
Medway Maritime Hospital
Location in Kent
Geography
LocationWindmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, England
Coordinates51°22′48″N 0°32′31″E / 51.38000°N 0.54194°E / 51.38000; 0.54194
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds588
History
Opened1905
Links
Websitewww.medway.nhs.uk

Medway Maritime Hospital is a general hospital in Gillingham, England within the NHS South East Coast. It is run by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. It is Kent's largest and busiest hospital, dealing with around 400,000 patients annually.[1] It was founded in the early 1900s as a Royal Naval Hospital for naval personnel at Chatham Dockyard and the nearby Royal Naval Barracks.

In 2005 an unidentified person later dubbed the 'Piano Man' was taken to the hospital having been found wandering through Sheerness in a soaking wet suit and tie.

  1. ^ "The Medway NHS Trust > About the Trust". medway.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2009.