A new kidney and diabetes centre was opened in Tottenham Hale by former Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt.
Mr Mabbutt opened the centre, in Hale Village, alongside David Sloman, the chief executive of the Royal Free London and Dr John Connolly, clinical director of nephrology, renal transplant and urology.
The centre has 48 dialysis stations, with capacity to treat 266 dialysis patients each week, and is the largest dialysis unit outside a hospital in the UK.
It opened to patients in April, replacing the services previously provided at the North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton.
Services have also moved from the Mary Rankin unit at St Pancras Hospital and the Highgate dialysis unit.
Mr Mabbutt, who has had type 1 diabetes for 36 years and is an honorary vice president of Diabetes UK, said: “This is a really amazing centre and will be a huge benefit to the community. This is a fantastic achievement.”
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