The Savoy Hospital for poor, needy people, opened in was the most impressive hospital of its time in the country and the first to benefit from permanent medical staff. In 1642 it became a military hospital, before being converted into barracks (for the Foot Guards) in 1679.

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Location: Savoy Hospital, London, England
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