| Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital | |
| Map Type: | Wales Cardiff |
| Location: | Cardiff |
| State: | Wales |
| Country: | UK |
| Coordinates: | 51.5131°N -3.2808°W |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Specialist |
| Speciality: | Orthopaedic |
| Emergency: | No |
| Founded: | 1914 |
| Closed: | 1998 |
The Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital (Welsh: Tywysog Ysbyty Orthopedig Cymru) was a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Rhydlafar, Cardiff, Wales.
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.
It moved to the partially derelict site of a former American military hospital at Rhydlafar in 1953.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]