St David's Hospital, Bangor

St David's Hospital, Bangor
Geography
Location	Caernarvon Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Organisation
Funding	County hospital, later NHS
Services
Beds	137
History
Opened	1913
Closed	1994

St David's Hospital, also known as the County Hospital, was a children's and maternity hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales.

It was established in 1913 as a workhouse infirmary, becoming a military hospital for the war and then became a county hospital in 1930 under Caernarvonshire County Council. It came under the NHS in 1948. It was demolished in 1994 as maternity services moved to Ysbyty Gwynedd and the site was replaced by a retail park. ^{[1] [2]}

Facilities

In a parliamentary debate in 1952, Cledwyn Hughes described the hospital as having 78 beds for maternity, 24 for gynaecological cases, and 35 children's cots. At this time the waiting list was over 300. ^[3]

References

1. Stephen, Graham (2015-10-11). "Foggy Bangor (St David's Retail Park)". GeoTopoi. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
2. Povey, Joan (1994). Ysbyty Dewi Sant, Bangor, 1913-1994. Canolfan Astudiaethau Iaith. ISBN   9781857871227.
3. "Hospital Services, North-West Wales - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-22.

Further reading

• Beer, W. E. , 2000 , A Portrait of the C&A Hospital, Bangor the People and the Place (1948-1984)
• Jones, O. V. , 1984 , The Progress of Medicine: A History of the Caernarfon and Anglesey Infirmary 1809-1948