Editing Orpington (section)

===Orpington Hospital ===
During the First World War a large military hospital, the "16th Canadian General", was built south-east of the station, funded by the government of [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="Willey"/> It originally accommodated 1,050 patients; an extra wing was added in 1917.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} By January 1919 more than 25,000 wounded soldiers had been treated here.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lost Hospitals of London|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/orpington.html|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2021|website=ezitis.myzen.co.uk|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228132500/https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/orpington.html}}</ref> Most of the original pre-fabricated buildings remained in use for more than 80 years before a major renovation around the turn of the century.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Today [[Orpington Hospital]] provides [[Physical therapy|rehabilitation]] and [[therapy]] services, [[outpatient]] and [[medical diagnosis|diagnostic]] services (including [[dermatology]] and [[diabetes]]), but it no longer has an [[Accident and Emergency]] Unit. The nearest [[Emergency department|A&E]] is [[Princess Royal University Hospital]] in [[Farnborough, London|Farnborough]].