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Both Hospitals were amalgamated
in 1901.
A maternity unit was added in 1926 and further additions made
in 1928 and 1935. In 1938 a Redruth Hospital Coronation Extension
Appeal was issued which raised £4,564 plus £15,000
from Commander Sir Edward Nicholl. A further £750 was
donated to the Radium Fund. The new extension was opened in
1939, costing £32,000, and bringing the accommodation
up to 79 beds (18 men, 27 women, 8 children and 10 private patients.
An extra 43 beds were made available during the WW2. |
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| By the time of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation, in 1953, the
Hospital had 151 beds and was treating over 3,000 in patients
and 31,000 out patients each year. However, a gradual run down
commenced in the 60's when, in 1966, all adult medical surgical
cases were transferred to Treliske Hospital at Truro and children
sent to Truro City Hospital. |
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| The casualty department was also moved to Truro since there
was no medical or surgical staff now at the hospital and the
maternity unit closed in 1978. |
| The hospital closed in the 1990's. |
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