Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Rhydlafar
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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  Shown in Cardiff | |
| 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 |
History
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]
References
- "The Prince of Wales Hospital 1953 - 1998". Parc Rhydlafar. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- "James Howell House, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Walk, Cardiff". Coflein. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital" (PDF). Glamorgan Record Office. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "Erection of transfusion centre at Rhydlafar hospital near Cardiff". National archives. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "Cardiff Community Boundary Review" (PDF). City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
Further reading
- Phelps, Robert (1993). The Prince & the Pioneers. The early work of the Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital Cardiff. Cardiff: University Hospital of Wales and Cardiff Royal Group of Hospitals.