Hospitals

• Who were hospitals ran by?

  nuns and monks
• What did hospitals provide as they didn't provide treatment?

  • a place for travellers and those on pilgrimage to stay
  • a place of provided comfort and rest for the sick
• What could patients do in hospital?

  take part in church services from their beds (e.g St Bartholomew's in London)
• Who owned hospitals?

  the church
• Who paid for hospitals?

  rich people who wanted a chance to get into heaven
• Were hospitals kept clean?


  yes, for example beddings were changed and floors were swept