Coordinates: 51°08′29″N 0°54′51″E / 51.1413°N 0.9142°E / 51.1413; 0.9142 The William Harvey Hospital, located in Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, England, is one of the three main hospitals in the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust area. The hospital was commissioned in 1977, employs about 2,500 people and is named after William Harvey (1578-1657), the famous Folkestone born doctor who discovered the blood circulatory system.
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