Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Coffa Rhyfel Sir Llandrindod Wells) is a health facility in Temple Street,

Llandrindod Wells Llandrindod Wells (, ; cy, Llandrindod, /ɬanˈdɾindɔd/ "Trinity Parish"), sometimes known colloquially as Llandod, is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powy ...

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. It is managed by the

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History

The facility was opened as the Llandrindod Wells Cottage Hospital and Convalescent Home in 1881. In order to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the

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, it was renamed the Llandrindod Wells Hospital and County War Memorial in 1924 and joined the

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as the Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital in 1948. A new 16-bed renal unit opened at the hospital in spring 2012 and a new Ithon birthing unit opened there in spring 2017.

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