Blaina & District Hospital Explained

Blaina and District Hospital
Map Type:Wales Blaenau Gwent
Location:Nantyglo
State:Wales
Country:UK
Coordinates:51.7814°N -3.1652°W
Healthcare:NHS
Type:Community Hospital
Emergency:No
Founded:1910
Closed:October 2010

Blaina and District Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Blaina a'r Cylch) was a community hospital in Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

History

The site for the hospital was acquired from Octavius Price.[1] The hospital was designed by Gasenius Lewis and built by W A Linton.[1] The hospital, which was paid for from subscriptions by local mining communities, opened as the Nantyglo Hospital on 2 January 1911.[1] The maternity ward was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 17 March 1932.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Blaina and District Hospital in 1948.[2]

After services transferred to the Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale it closed in 2010.[3] The building was subsequently demolished and the site cleared.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blaina & District Hospital. Out of the Blue Artifacts. 21 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Blaina & District Hospital . National Archives. 21 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Save our hospital from the bulldozers. Wales Online. 26 April 2012. 21 February 2019.