In June 1960 Addenbrooke's was designated as the Regional Centre for Radiotherapy, and plans for the first linear accelerator to be installed at Trumpington Street (the old site) were made, sadly no beds for the speciality could be provided at Hills Road until Stage 2. The story of Radiotherapy at Addenbrooke’s began in 1909. The …
Month: June 2019
John Addenbrooke MD
Tomorrow will be the 300th anniversary of the death of Dr John Addenbrooke the founder of Addenbrooke's Hospital. John Addenbrooke was born in 1680 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, the only child of a Vicar of West Bromwich, the Revd Samuel Addenbrooke and his wife Matilda Porry. He was baptised on 13 June 1681 in the parish …
