Aberdare General Hospital () was a health facility on Abernant Road,

Aberdare Aberdare ( ; ) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and River Cynon, Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tydf ...

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. It was managed by the

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) () is the local health board of NHS Wales for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Bridgend County Borough, Bridgend in the south of Wales. It was renamed from '' ...

History

The facility was opened by Joseph Shaw, chairman of the

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, in July 1917. After a major fire on 27 September 1929, the hospital was rebuilt and reopened by the

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in April 1933. It joined the

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in 1948 but, after services transferred to the

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon Ysbyty Cwm Cynon (English: Cynon Valley Hospital) is a health facility on New Road, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. History The facility was ...

, Aberdare General Hospital closed in 2012.

References

{{authority control Hospitals in Rhondda Cynon Taf Hospitals established in 1917 1917 establishments in Wales Hospital buildings completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Rhondda Cynon Taf Defunct hospitals in Wales