Dewi Sant Hospital

Dewi Sant Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Dewi Sant) is a small hospital on Albert Road, in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Dewi Sant Hospital
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
An entrance to Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd
Shown in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Geography
LocationPontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Coordinates51.5981°N 3.3438°W / 51.5981; -3.3438
Organisation
Care systemLocal authority and private subscription to 1948; NHS from 1948
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1865
Links
ListsHospitals in Wales

History

The hospital has its origins in the Pontypridd Union Workhouse which was completed in 1865.[1] An infirmary and isolation hospital were built on the site in the late 19th century.[1] The tunnel mouth of Pontypridd Graig railway station, which emerges into in the hospital car park, was last used in 1930.[2][3]

The complex joined the National Health Service as Graig Hospital in 1948.[1] After the war it became a geriatric hospital[4] before being completely re-built as Dewi Sant Hospital in the 1960s.[1]

References
  1. "Ponypridd". Workhouses. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. "The Graig Tunnel". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. "Pontypridd Graig railway station". Subbrit. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. "The grim history of the workhouse". Wales online. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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