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[[File:Freedom House Freedom Fields Plymouth - geograph.org.uk - 1007342.jpg|thumb|Freedom House, built in 1909 on the site of the City Hospital, to house the Board of Guardians of the City Hospital, is the only remaining original building since the Freedom Fields Hospital relocated to Derriford in 1994]] |
[[File:Freedom House Freedom Fields Plymouth - geograph.org.uk - 1007342.jpg|thumb|Freedom House, built in 1909 on the site of the City Hospital, to house the Board of Guardians of the City Hospital, is the only remaining original building since the Freedom Fields Hospital relocated to Derriford in 1994]] |
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'''Freedom Fields Hospital''' was an acute hospital in [[Plymouth]] which closed in 1998. The site formerly occupied by the hospital is now largely a residential area. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 10:23, 30 September 2018
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Freedom Fields Hospital was an acute hospital in Plymouth which closed in 1998. The site formerly occupied by the hospital is now largely a residential area.
History
The facility was designed by Arthur and Dwelly as a workhouse and built on a site to the east of the junction of Longfield Place and Greenbank Road between 1852 and 1858.[1] Enlargements included a major expansion of the medical facilities between 1907 and 1910.[1] It became the Greenbank Infirmary in 1909 and the Plymouth City Hospital in 1930 and, after it joined the National Health Service in 1948, it was renamed Freedom Fields Hospital.[1] Further extension and improvements to the building took place, with the addition of several new sections, including a pharmacy and an intensive care unit.
The building suffered significant damage during World War II. It was bombed several times during attacks on the areas surrounding Plymouth Sound. Several nurses, doctors, and patients (including 19 infants in 1940)[2] were killed over the course of these bombings.
References
- ^ a b c "Plymouth". Workhouses. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Moseley, Brian (4 April 2011). "Freedom Fields Hospital". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.