Sunderland Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Sunderland,

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. It is managed by the

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Sunderland Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed on a site to the south of Hylton Road in 1855. A new enlarged infirmary was built on the west of the workhouse in the early 20th century. The combined workhouse and infirmary facility became the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital in 1930 and it joined the

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as Sunderland General Hospital in 1948. It was renamed Sunderland Royal Hospital in 1996.

Services

Sunderland and South Tyneside

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s decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services at Sunderland Royal Hospital.

Notable patient

British actor

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, best known for his roles in various ''

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'' films and '' Bless This House'' died there on 26 April 1976 shortly after collapsing on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre from a heart attack.

References

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