Dewi Sant Hospital

Dewi Sant Hospital
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
An entrance to Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd
Shown in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Geography
Location	Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom
Coordinates	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
Opened	1865

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.

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.

External links

• Cwm Taf University Health Board