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2011-11-21

University Hospital of Wales celebrates 40 years

"The main hospital building was begun in 1966, and took four years to build and another year to equip. The hospital site has developed further in the years since, with the Children's Hospital of Wales opening next to the main building in 2006."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15719463

"Philip John was a 24-year-old patient in dermatology when the Queen arrived to perform the official opening of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. On that day in 1971, his experience of the brand new hospital was "like going a five-star hotel" after previous treatment in the Victorian-era Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI)."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15739599

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