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Hospital is memorial
In 1922 local people raised the money and purchased Cardigan's Priory.
They wanted it to be opened as a hospital to be a memorial to those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. That's why it was called Cardigan Memorial Hospital.
Presumably, some carelessness has deprived their descendents of any ownership in the hospital and it's future.
They are being dictated to by bureaucrats whose interest seems not to extend beyond the bottom line and nowhere have I seen a single mention as to whether the site will remain as a memorial to those brave men.
What a short memory we all have.
Christina Cannon
43 Bro Teifi
Cardigan
1:41pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Freight, Aberteifi on 12:42pm Fri 9 May 08
Christina Cannon makes the very valid point that Cardigan Memorial Hospital was founded in 1922, by local people, in memory of those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. Doubtless, they had ringing in their ears David Lloyd George’s words of 25 November 1918 ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’. But time moves on. The fact of the matter is that Cardigan Memorial Hospital, as it is at present, is not fit for purpose. The staff, who do their very best, are trying to deliver high quality care appropriate to the 21st century in a small Regency gentry house, with a few, now dated, extensions built on. Facilities that are barely fit for the healthcare services of 40 years ago. Does anyone believe that preserving this antiquated healthcare facility in aspic forever is a fitting memorial to the heroes of 1914-1918? Of course not! And the heroes, who include my own Grandfather, wounded on the Somme, would not think so either, were any of them left alive to express a view.
By all means, let us consider and debate how it would be appropriate for the memorial function of the existing hospital to be continued. But do not use this as an excuse to hold back vital improvements in healthcare for the residents of Cardigan and the surrounding locations. Incidentally, the present hospital site, and buildings, belong to the Hywel Dda NHS Trust. As and when the Trust has no further use for them, ownership will pass back to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Christina Cannon makes the very valid point that Cardigan Memorial Hospital was founded in 1922, by local people, in memory of those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. Doubtless, they had ringing in their ears David Lloyd George’s words of 25 November 1918 ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’. But time moves on. The fact of the matter is that Cardigan Memorial Hospital, as it is at present, is not fit for purpose. The staff, who do their very best, are trying to deliver high quality care appropriate to the 21st century in a small Regency gentry house, with a few, now dated, extensions built on. Facilities that are barely fit for the healthcare services of 40 years ago. Does anyone believe that preserving this antiquated healthcare facility in aspic forever is a fitting memorial to the heroes of 1914-1918? Of course not! And the heroes, who include my own Grandfather, wounded on the Somme, would not think so either, were any of them left alive to express a view.
By all means, let us consider and debate how it would be appropriate for the memorial function of the existing hospital to be continued. But do not use this as an excuse to hold back vital improvements in healthcare for the residents of Cardigan and the surrounding locations. Incidentally, the present hospital site, and buildings, belong to the Hywel Dda NHS Trust. As and when the Trust has no further use for them, ownership will pass back to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Posted by: Freight, Aberteifi on 12:44pm Fri 9 May 08
Christina Cannon makes the very valid point that Cardigan Memorial Hospital was founded in 1922, by local people, in memory of those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. Doubtless, they had ringing in their ears David Lloyd George’s words of 25 November 1918 ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’. But time moves on. The fact of the matter is that Cardigan Memorial Hospital, as it is at present, is not fit for purpose. The staff, who do their very best, are trying to deliver high quality care appropriate to the 21st century in a small Regency gentry house, with a few, now dated, extensions built on. Facilities that are barely fit for the healthcare services of 40 years ago. Does anyone believe that preserving this antiquated healthcare facility in aspic forever is a fitting memorial to the heroes of 1914-1918? Of course not! And the heroes, who include my own Grandfather, wounded on the Somme, would not think so either, were any of them left alive to express a view.
By all means, let us consider and debate how it would be appropriate for the memorial function of the existing hospital to be continued. But do not use this as an excuse to hold back vital improvements in healthcare for the residents of Cardigan and the surrounding locations. Incidentally, the present hospital site, and buildings, belong to the Hywel Dda NHS Trust. As and when the Trust has no further use for them, ownership will pass back to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Christina Cannon makes the very valid point that Cardigan Memorial Hospital was founded in 1922, by local people, in memory of those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. Doubtless, they had ringing in their ears David Lloyd George’s words of 25 November 1918 ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’. But time moves on. The fact of the matter is that Cardigan Memorial Hospital, as it is at present, is not fit for purpose. The staff, who do their very best, are trying to deliver high quality care appropriate to the 21st century in a small Regency gentry house, with a few, now dated, extensions built on. Facilities that are barely fit for the healthcare services of 40 years ago. Does anyone believe that preserving this antiquated healthcare facility in aspic forever is a fitting memorial to the heroes of 1914-1918? Of course not! And the heroes, who include my own Grandfather, wounded on the Somme, would not think so either, were any of them left alive to express a view.
By all means, let us consider and debate how it would be appropriate for the memorial function of the existing hospital to be continued. But do not use this as an excuse to hold back vital improvements in healthcare for the residents of Cardigan and the surrounding locations. Incidentally, the present hospital site, and buildings, belong to the Hywel Dda NHS Trust. As and when the Trust has no further use for them, ownership will pass back to the Welsh Assembly Government.
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