Cottage hospitals: beautiful isles with an air of fiction.
Continuing our series on cottage hospitals Nick Davidson visited St Mary's Hospital in the Isles of Scilly and found himself surrounded by breathtaking beauty. The hospital, which is practically self-sufficient in vegetables, is run by a nursing officer who believes in 'people not machines', and most casualties are treated for sunburn or the removal of fish hooks.
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