Dewi Sant Hospital

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Dewi Sant Hospital
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
An entrance to Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd (geograph 2757821).jpg
An entrance to Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd
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Shown in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Geography
Location Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°35′53″N3°20′38″W / 51.5981°N 3.3438°W / 51.5981; -3.3438
Organisation
Care system Local authority and private subscription to 1948; NHS from 1948
Funding Public hospital
Type General
Affiliated university Cardiff University
Network Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Services
Emergency department No
History
Opened1865

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.

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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]

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