Dragon's Heart Hospital
Dragon's Heart Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig) was a temporary hospital located at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. It opened on 13 April 2020 to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. It was decommissioned towards the end of October and early November 2020.
| Dragon's Heart Hospital Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig | |
|---|---|
| Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | |
Dragon's Heart Hospital on the playing field of the Principality Stadium | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons), Cardiff, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°28′41″N 3°10′57″W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Wales |
| Type | Temporary COVID-19 hospital |
| Services | |
| Beds | 300 (2,000 maximum) |
| History | |
| Opened | 13 April 2020 |
| Closed | 8 June 2020 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
It was the third of the COVID-19 hospitals set up in the United Kingdom, and the first in Wales. It had 300 beds, with space to expand to up to 2,000, which would make it the largest hospital in Wales, and the second largest in the United Kingdom.
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