The medical centre that has served athletes from around the world for the weeks of London 2012 is to be renamed in honour of the pioneering doctor who created the Paralympic Games.
The polyclinic, which is to become a permanent fixture in Stratford, east London, has been labelled the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health Centre, in honour of the German Jewish neurosurgeon who challenged attitudes to treating paraplegics before arranging the first Paralympic tournament in summer 1948.
The clinic was staffed by 100 medical experts over the period of the Games and was home to top medical equipment including three MRI scanners.
It will now become a general surgery, from which local residents can benefit as part of the overall regeneration of the Olympic neighbourhood.
