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]
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