Many cities across the world become synonymous with certain things. If New York is the place to go for the ‘bright lights, big city’ vibe, then Paris is where you should go for romance and Rome for ancient history.
As one of the world’s foremost global cities, London is no different. The UK capital even has streets that have become world-renowned for certain things.
Ka mohlala, Fleet Street has long been associated as being the home of the British media, even though only one media outlet still has premises on the famous city thoroughfare. Kajeno, Fleet Street is a term that is still frequently used as a metonym for the UK press.
Similarly, Harley Street – a road in the City of Westminster in London – has been synonymous with private medical care for well over a century. Though unlike Fleet Street, Harley Street is still positively thriving from the industry that put its name on the global medical map.
With some 1,500 barekisi ba bongaka ba sebakeng sa Harley Street Street, it is a hotspot for those seeking the best private dentists, surgeons and doctors money can buy.
Harley Street is often mentioned in the press due to a celebrities visiting one of the prestigious clinics there, with procedures such as cosmetic dentistry becoming increasingly popular for those wanting to improve their smile for the cameras.
It is also home to a number of addiction clinics, catering for those that suffer from alcohol or drug addictions, as well as providing treatment facilities for those with eating disorders. Similarly, those with sleep disorders can also check in to one of the many sleep clinics in Harley Street: over one in five adults experience sleeping problems during their lifetime due to physical or psychological reasons and a visit to a specialist sleep clinic may well be the only solution open to them.
Ho feta moo, many people choose to visit a Harley street cosmetic surgery for any number of procedures including, but not limited to, breast augmentation, facelifts, liposuction and tummy tucks. Many of the cosmetic surgeons that work in Harley Street trained initially at the NHS and all of them are fully qualified, experienced and reputable within the cosmetic surgery industry.
It’s safe to say that not many streets manage to become famous in their own right; but with over a century of providing first-class medical care, Harley Street has single-handedly put London on the global medical map.