Royal Cornwall Infirmary | |
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | |
![]() Royal Cornwall Infirmary | |
Geography | |
Location | Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 50°15′22″N 5°03′18″W / 50.2562°N 5.0549°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Teaching |
History | |
Opened | 1799 |
Closed | 1999 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Royal Cornwall Infirmary was a hospital in the south of the centre of Truro, Cornwall, England.
The Royal Cornwall Infirmary was designed by William Wood, [1] and paid for by public subscription. [1] It had just 20 beds when it opened on 12 August 1799. [2] [1] It was the first of its kind in Cornwall and was designed to service the mining community. [3]
During the First World War it provided 50 beds to the War Office for serious medical cases from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. [1] After expanding to provide 180 beds in 1939, [4] it was badly damaged by 500 kg bombs and by machine gun fire on 6 August 1942 during the Second World War. [2] [5] It joined the National Health Service in 1947. [1]
Services were transferred from the Infirmary to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske in the mid-1990s. The infirmary closed down in 1999, and has since been redeveloped with housing. [1]
Royal Cornwall Infirmary | |
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | |
![]() Royal Cornwall Infirmary | |
Geography | |
Location | Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 50°15′22″N 5°03′18″W / 50.2562°N 5.0549°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Teaching |
History | |
Opened | 1799 |
Closed | 1999 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Royal Cornwall Infirmary was a hospital in the south of the centre of Truro, Cornwall, England.
The Royal Cornwall Infirmary was designed by William Wood, [1] and paid for by public subscription. [1] It had just 20 beds when it opened on 12 August 1799. [2] [1] It was the first of its kind in Cornwall and was designed to service the mining community. [3]
During the First World War it provided 50 beds to the War Office for serious medical cases from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. [1] After expanding to provide 180 beds in 1939, [4] it was badly damaged by 500 kg bombs and by machine gun fire on 6 August 1942 during the Second World War. [2] [5] It joined the National Health Service in 1947. [1]
Services were transferred from the Infirmary to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske in the mid-1990s. The infirmary closed down in 1999, and has since been redeveloped with housing. [1]