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BDP hospital opens a year early to support coronavirus patients

By 2020-04-16T06:00:00

GUH - Feb 2020 - Courtesy of Laing O'Rourke 2

Source: Laing O'Rourke

£350m hospital was due to open next spring

A new hospital in south Wales designed by BDP to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic will open a year earlier than planned.

Built by Laing O’Rourke, the Grange University Hospital, a new specialist and critical care centre in Gwent, is set to temporarily open this month.

The £350m scheme at Llanfrechfa, near Cwmbran, north of Newport, was due to officially open next spring but the hospital’s board announced recently it would open 350 beds this month.

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