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Redwood Memorial Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Coffa Redwood) was a community hospital in
Rhymney Rhymney (; cy, Rhymni ) is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney ...
, Wales, managed by the
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Gwent, in the south-east of Wales. Headquartered in Caerleon, the local health board (LHB) was launched in Oct ...
. It closed in July 2013, and services are now offered through the Rhymney Integrated Health & Social Care Centre.


History

The hospital was commissioned by the Rhymney Workmen's Medical Aid Fund, which was supported by contributions from workmen, each man donating six pennies in the pound from his wages. Established to combat the high rates of mortality and injury in the area, it opened in 1904. The closure of several pits in the area during the 1920s had a severe effect on the local community. The hospital was renamed in honour of Dr de Action Redwood, who was the surgeon there for 43 years, in 1947. It closed in July 2013, and services are now offered through the Rhymney Integrated Health & Social Care Centre.


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