Broderip Ward

Under the deanship of William Cayley, two Broderip scholarships were founded in 1872 by the Middlesex governors after the death of Francis Broderip, a large benefactor to the hospital. The Clayton Ward was also replaced by the Broderip Ward. When a move occurred to the west wing of the hospital, the name 'Broderip Ward' remained. In the late nineteenth century, 25% of attendances to the Middlesex were due to trauma. in 1875 when a 52-year old grocer fell and fractured his skull, and in 1879 when a 39-year old was treated for suspected rupture of bladder, all under the care of Sir Henry Morris. A further small donation towards the beds on the ward was received in 1922. ==Broderip Ward 1987==

The Broderip Ward took its first patients in January 1987, and was officially opened by Diana, Princess of Wales, on 9 April 1987. None of the patients agreed to be photographed with Diana at the opening of the ward due to fears of being publicly identified. Diana notably shook the hand of patients without wearing gloves on the ward. Diana subsequently visited the ward with the First Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush, in July 1991. The construction of the ward cost £350,000 (). The Charles Bell ward also served HIV/AIDS patients at the Middlesex Hospital. The doctor in charge of the ward was Professor Michael Adler. The respiratory physician Steve Semple led a team of doctors at the Broderip Ward. Staff at the ward also collaborated with staff from James Pringle House, a dedicated London sexual health clinic. Patients on the ward participated in the early trials of zidovudine, and new antiretroviral medicines. Peter Godfrey-Faussett worked on the ward as a newly qualified doctor. "The Ward", an exhibition of photographs by Gideon Mendel that showed the lives of four young men on the Broderip and Charles Bell wards at the Middlesex Hospital in 1993, was shown at the hospital's former Fitzrovia Chapel in 2017. The exhibition coincided with World AIDS Day. The site of the AIDS Memorial in London has been chosen for its proximity to the Middlesex Hospital and the Bloomsbury Clinic. ==References==