Rebuilding the Clinic
Last year Professor Lesley Regan and her team raised
£1million to rebuild The Save The Baby Unit in the
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at St Mary’s Hospital
and, in early September this year, Professor The Lord Darzi
of Denham KBE will officially open the new facilities.
Needless to say, rebuilding the unit was a huge task but so
many wonderful people helped and supported Lesley along the
way and an enormous amount of work went into making it
happen. The department has been transformed from a rabbit
warren of rooms and inefficient use of space with little
natural daylight to a modern, light and welcoming space
which has been reorganized to maximize natural daylight and
efficient use of space. The environment is now comforting
and welcoming, a far cry from the institutional appearance
of the department before work began. The space caters for
patients and staff alike providing them with a professional
yet personal space.
So many people were involved along the way and everyone was
very generous with their help, advice and time.
For Professor Lesley Regan and her team it has been very
exciting to watch it come together, and since the end of May
staff and patients have started moving into the newly
refurbished unit. At last everyone from the miscarriage team
and the fertility team to the nurse practitioners and
laboratory staff are working together under one roof in the
new unit.
It has provided Professor Lesley Regan and her team with a
fantastic new environment to continue doing vital and
groundbreaking research in the hope of delivering many
babies to those who have lost hope.
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"For these patients
every month counts as their fertility declines with
time. That is why rebuilding these clinical and
research facilities is so important. It makes all
the difference between giving our patients the
promise of a live take home baby or condemning them
to childlessness forever. This project just cannot
wait."
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Lesley Regan is head of the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital, Director of
the St Mary's RMC and Visiting Professor to the
Harvard Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. |
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