Prince Charles Hospital (Merthyr Tydfil)

Name :

Prince Charles Hospital (Merthyr Tydfil)

Address  :

Gurnos

Town  :

Merthyr Tydfil

State  :

Mid Glamorgan

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

CF47 9DT

Phone  :

01685 721 721

Web URL  :


Description

Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil has around 430 beds and provides acute emergency and elective medical and surgical services Intensive Care and Coronary Care consultantled obstetrics services with Special Care Baby Unit inpatient consultantled paediatric medicine and has a busy Accident and Emergency unit There are seven operating theatres The hospital also provides subregional oral and maxillo facial services a full range of locally provided and visiting specialist outpatient services and has an extensive range of diagnostic services and facilities including 64 slice CT Nuclear Medicine and MRI 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 Many of the Trusts corporate and management offices are located on this site along with clinical staff residences
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