Royal Glamorgan Hospital
| Royal Glamorgan Hospital Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg |
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| Cwm Taf NHS Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | All Purpose |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 570 |
| History | |
| Founded | 2000 |
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| Website | http://www.cwmtaf.wales.nhs.uk/aboutus/hospitals/royalglamorgan.htm |
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The Royal Glamorgan Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg), is a District General Hospital in Ynysmaerdy, Talbot Green, near Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.[1] The Hospital is operated and maintained by Cwm Taf NHS Trust and has around 570 beds.[2]
Built beside Ely Valley Road – about three miles (5 km) north of Junction 34 (Llantrisant, Rhondda, A4119) of the M4 motorway – on what was known as ' Gwaun Elai ' (English: Ely Meadow), the Royal Glamorgan Hospital opened in 2000 as a replacement for the ageing World War Two hospital, East Glamorgan General Hospital that was located in Church Village, near Pontypridd.
The River Ely flows through the hospital grounds.
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[edit] Services
The Hospital provides a comprehensive range of in-patient, day case and outpatient facilities together with Accident and Emergency and Diagnostic facilities. There are also nine Operating Theatres. State of the art facilities are provided within the Radiology Department and the hospital is close to being film less with digital images and reports available to clinicians across the site.
[edit] Other facilities
- Acute Mental Health Unit
- Critical Care services including:
- Intensive Care Unit,
- High Dependency Unit,
- Special Care Baby Unit
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
[edit] Special emergency
In February 2007 the Hospital declared a "special emergency" because it was overwhelmed for 3 days, with up to seven Ambulancess queuing outside, and patients waiting to be admitted for up to two hours because there was a severe shortage of beds.[3] Something similar was experienced by many hospitals in South Wales during the same period. [4]
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Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 3°23′30.50″W / 51.54694°N 3.391806°W
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