Oswestry hospital ward names reborn
Three old ward names at Shropshire's Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital will be brought back to life in its new £15.1 million theatre and ward complex.
Artist impressions were today released of the inside of the complex, which is due to open to patients in the autumn.
It will include four state-of-the-art operating theatres, as well as a number of other wards and departments.
A new, 10-bed ward will be Oswald Ward while the outpatients' department for tumour patients will be known as the Montgomery Unit, and the admission on day of surgery department the Baschurch Day Unit.
The names were chosen from a list of seven ward names, with staff being given the chance to vote for their favourites.
Julie Roberts, acting deputy director of nursing at RJAH, said: "This new development is going to make a massive difference to patients and staff. The environment will be bright and modern and the facilities will be cutting edge.
"Our worldwide reputation is based on that history, and we decided one tangible way we could mark that in this new building was by reviving some of the ward names that have been used in years gone by, but which had since fallen out of use.
"Oswald clearly has close links to the town of Oswestry, Baschurch is the village where the hospital was founded, and the selection of Montgomery recognises our close ties to Wales."
