Cardiff Royal Infirmary ( cy, Ysbyty Brenhinol Caerdydd) (also known as the CRI or YBC) is a hospital in central

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, Wales. It is managed by the

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Cardiff Dispensary, which began on

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in 1822. It became the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire Infirmary and Dispensary in 1837. The current main hospital building facing Glossop Road,

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, was designed by

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and opened in 1883. It became known as King Edward VII Hospital in 1911. During the

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, the building was requisitioned by the

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to create the 3rd Western General Hospital, a facility for the

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to treat military casualties. It returned to its current name, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, in 1923. By the time it joined the

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in 1948 it had expanded to become a 500-bed facility. The hospital ceased operating as a casualty facility in 1999, with the

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department being moved to

University Hospital of Wales University Hospital of Wales ( cy, Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru) (UHW), also known as the Heath Hospital, is a major 1,000-bed hospital in the Heath district of Cardiff, Wales. UHW is a teaching hospital of Cardiff University School of Medicine. Constr ...

in the north of the city. Some services were successfully retained at the site after a public campaign. In the 2010s further medical facilities returned to the site, including a GP service and a sexual health clinic. Mental health and substance misuse facilities were also planned, as well as an out-of-hours pharmacy. £30 million was to be the initial spend, with a second phase including renovation of the hospital's chapel. In the 2020s work was completed to turn the infirmary's old chapel into a public library, with the nearby Adamsdown Library moving into the building.

In the media

In 2005 the CRI buildings became Albion Hospital, in a two-part episode of the

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series, entitled

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References

External links

* {{authority control Adamsdown Edwin Seward buildings Hospitals established in 1822 Hospitals in Cardiff Grade II listed buildings in Cardiff 1822 establishments in Wales NHS hospitals in Wales Cardiff and Vale University Health Board