St Lawrence Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty St Lawrence) was a specialist

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and burns hospital on the west side of St Lawrence Road in

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, Wales.

History

St Lawrence Hospital was opened in 1942, on the opposite side of the road to

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, and was used by the

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throughout the rest of the

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as a

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; patients included Italian

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. In September 1949, it was taken over by the Welsh Hospital Board and the Newport and East Monmouthshire Hospital Management Committee, to form a plastic surgery unit. Expansion in the 1950s brought the number of beds to 124, including a burns unit for which it became particularly well known.Ivor Waters, ''The Town of Chepstow'', 1972, p.191 The lead surgeon in charge of the hospital at the time was

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(1905–1969). In 1994 the burns and plastic surgery units were transferred to

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. The hospital was later demolished and the site used for housing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow Hospitals in Monmouthshire Hospital buildings completed in 1942 Hospitals established in 1942 1942 establishments in Wales Defunct hospitals in Wales