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A Special Assessment Unit opened in 1972, especially for patients with severe and complicated epilepsy. It was run jointly by the National Hospital and the National Society for Epileptics (it is the origin of the purpose-built Sir William Gowers Assessment Unit - the current NHS facility on the site, named after one of the Society's founding neurologists). Most patients stayed for three to six months. If they needed longer care, they were admitted to the main site. In the 1970s the Society changed its name once more, to the National Society for Epilepsy. By 1974 more than 400 epileptics were living permanently at the Centre. In the 1980s Paget House (later renamed Queen Elizabeth House), a modern, purpose-built nursing home with 20 beds, opened. In 1995 a 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner was installed by the Society - the first dedicated to research in epilepsy - so that patients could be examined and assessed. It was replaced in 2004 by a 3 Tesla scanner, which produces higher resolution images. | A Special Assessment Unit opened in 1972, especially for patients with severe and complicated epilepsy. It was run jointly by the National Hospital and the National Society for Epileptics (it is the origin of the purpose-built Sir William Gowers Assessment Unit - the current NHS facility on the site, named after one of the Society's founding neurologists). Most patients stayed for three to six months. If they needed longer care, they were admitted to the main site. In the 1970s the Society changed its name once more, to the National Society for Epilepsy. By 1974 more than 400 epileptics were living permanently at the Centre. In the 1980s Paget House (later renamed Queen Elizabeth House), a modern, purpose-built nursing home with 20 beds, opened. In 1995 a 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner was installed by the Society - the first dedicated to research in epilepsy - so that patients could be examined and assessed. It was replaced in 2004 by a 3 Tesla scanner, which produces higher resolution images. | ||
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