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Former hospital in Cardiff, Wales From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital (Welsh: Tywysog Ysbyty Orthopedig Cymru) was a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Rhydlafar, Cardiff, Wales.
Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.5131°N 3.2808°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
Speciality | Orthopaedic |
History | |
Opened | 1914 |
Closed | 1998 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
The hospital was established in James Howell House, formerly a domestic house and lodging house in The Walk, Cardiff as the Wales and Monmouthshire Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers in 1914.[1] It was renamed the Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital when it was officially opened by the Prince of Wales in 1918.[1] To mark the opening, a cromlech was erected in the front garden by Sir John Lynn-Thomas, a surgeon at the hospital.[2]
It moved to the partially derelict site of a former American military hospital at Rhydlafar in 1953.[3] In time, the hospital became a centre of excellence in the treatment of orthopaedic patients, and the National Blood Transfusion Service (Wales) relocated to the site in 1956.[4] In later years, students were sent to the hospital for their orthopaedic training.[1] However, the hospital was threatened with closure on a number of occasions and, after services had been transferred to other hospitals in the area, it finally closed in 1998.[1]
The site previously occupied by the hospital is now a housing development on a landscaped site with a children's playground.[5]
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