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Leicester Royal Infirmary was established in 1771 as the Leicester Infirmary after a successful campaign led by Dr William Watts. When the hospital opened, it had just 40 beds, a surgeon, matron, two nurses, a laundry maid, labourer, porter and cook.

Patients paid a deposit when they went in; if they went home, the money was repaid; if they died their deposit would be spent on burying them.

Today, Leicester Royal Infirmary has 1000 beds and employs over 15,000 members of staff. There鈥檚 even the remnants of a secret tunnel to Leicester Prison that鈥檚 not supposed to exist.

蜜芽传媒 Leicester鈥檚 Ben Jackson went for a look around.

Produced by Pete Wardman.

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