St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
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St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the wizarding hospital of Britain. Medics at the hospital are not called doctors, but are known as Healers or Mediwizards and wear lime-green robes. To become a Healer, a Hogwarts student must have N.E.W.T.s of at least grade E (Exceeds Expectations, second highest possible grade) in the subjects of Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, Herbology and Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Founded by famous wizard Healer Mungo Bonham, St Mungo's is located in London. To enter the premises, one has to step through the window of what appears to be a derelict department store called Purge and Dowse Ltd. This acts as a magical gateway to the main building, very much like the magical barrier at King's Cross railway station on Platform 9¾. The exteriors of the hospital are red-bricked and dirty, which is the complete opposite of the interiors. Inside, everything is very neat and looks exactly as a hospital should. There are six floors:
- Ground Floor. Reception and Artifact Accidents (Cauldron explosion, wand backfiring, broom crashes, etc.)
- In the reception area a Welcome Witch sits at a desk marked Inquiries. The Welcome Witch is pleased to help if anyone is unsure where to go, incapable of normal speech, or unable to remember why they are at the Hospital.
- First Floor. Creature-Induced Injuries (Bites, stings, burns, embedded spines, etc.)
- "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn Ward: Serious Bites. Healer-in-Charge: Hippocrates Smethwyck, Trainee Healer: Augustus Pye.
- Second Floor. Magical Bugs and Diseases (Contagious maladies, e. g., dragon pox, vanishing sickness, scrofungulus)
- Third Floor. Potion and Plant Poisoning (Rashes, regurgitation, uncontrollable giggling, etc.)
- Fourth Floor. Spell Damage (Unliftable jinxes, hexes, and incorrectly applied charms, etc.)
- Janus Thickey Ward: A long-term residence ward for permanent spell damage. This is a closed ward and is usually kept locked.
- Fifth Floor. Visitors' Tearoom and Hospital Shop
St Mungo's was founded by Mungo Bonham, a famous Healer, in the 1600s. The exact date is unknown. The emblem of St Mungo's is a magic wand crossed with a bone.
