Burton Road Hospital
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| Burton Road Hospital | |
|---|---|
  Shown in West Midlands | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Dudley, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°31′05″N 2°06′18″W / 52.518°N 2.105°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Founded | late 19th century |
| Closed | 1993 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Burton Road Hospital was a NHS hospital situated in Dudley, West Midlands, England.[a]
The hospital has its origins in the infirmary for the Dudley Union Workhouse which was built to the west of the main workhouse site in the 19th century.[2] The workhouse was converted into a hospital and, in the late 1920s, it became known as the Dudley Institution.[3] Additions to the institution at that time included a maternity hospital which was completed in 1926 and which was re-named the Rosemary Ednam Maternity Hospital in memory of Lady Ednam who had died in an air crash in July 1930.[4][5]
A donation by the Rotary Club enabled Burton Road Hospital to receive the country's first mobile cardiac unit in 1971.[6] The maternity unit continued to provide maternity services to the local area until they were transferred to a new 118-bed maternity unit at the Wordsley Hospital in the late 1980s.[7] Following the transfer of the remaining services to Russells Hall Hospital and Bushey Fields Hospital, the hospital closed in December 1993 and the site has since been redeveloped for housing.[8]