old booth hall children s hospital site
booth hall children s hospital, in charlestown road, blackley, in north manchester, opened in 1908, humphrey booth, had bought land , commissioned building. cared poor, , 1914 wounded soldiers world war i. reverted children s hospital in 1926. booth hall infirmary children had 750 beds in 1929 , third largest children s hospital in uk. incorporated 102-bed convalescent home. had 160 tuberculosis beds @ home in north wales. infirmary equipped give sunlight treatment orthopaedic cases. hospital emptied @ start of world war ii , made ready expected air-raid casualties. incorporated nhs in 1948.
it provided paediatric specialist services, general paediatric services , had paediatric accident , emergency department, providing paediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery , paediatric burns unit, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine , diabetology. had high dependency unit , transitional care unit long term, ventilated, patients.
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