St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is a fictional place in the Harry Potter series of books. St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the largest and grandest of all the wizarding hospitals in Britain. Doctors at the hospital are not called doctors, but are known as Healers. St. Mungo's is located in London. To enter the premises, you have to step through the window of what appears to be a derelict department store called Purge and Dowes Ltd. This acts as a magical gateway to the main building, very much like the magical barrier at King's Cross Station on Platform 9 and 3/4 The exteriors of the hospital are red-bricked and dirty, which is the complete opposite of the interiors. Inside, everything is very neat and looks exactly as a hospital should. There are six floors:

• Floor 1. Reception (where a plump, blonde witch greets you as you enter) and Artifact Accidents
• Floor 2. Creature-Induced Injuries
• Floor 3. Magical Bugs and Diseases
• Floor 4. Potion and Plant Poisoning
• Floor 5. Spell Damage
• Floor 6. Tea Rooms and Hospital Shop

St. Mungo's was founded by Mungo Bohnam,the famous Healer, in the 1600's. The exact date is unknown.

Harry Potter first enters St. Mungo's after Mr. Arthur Weasley was attacked by a snake (Harry actually witnessed this scene in a dream). On the same visit, Harry also encounters Gilderoy Lockhart, who was sent to St. Mungo's three years previously, and Neville's parents.