Cambridge Military Hospital (CMH)
The CMH was built by Martin Wells and Co. of Aldershot. The building costs were approximately £45,758. The hospital was named after the Duke of Cambridge who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the time, he opened the CMH Aldershot on the 18 July 1879.
CMH was famed for its supposedly mile long corridor. The original plan was to have a series of self contained wards for regiments all joined onto the corridor. It was hoped that this would also reduce cross infection. The hospital was built on a hill because current clinical thinking at the time thought that the wind would sweep away any infection and clean the air.
Over the years the departments grew and included an accident and emergency unit, children's, medical, plastic surgical, general surgery, burns, gynaecological, intensive care and orthopaedic wards. Departments included several theatres, an X-ray unit and a maternity hospital called the Louise Margaret Hospital.
The Louise Margaret Hospital closed on the 18 January 1995 and CMH itself closed on 2 February 1996.
CMH was famed for its supposedly mile long corridor. The original plan was to have a series of self contained wards for regiments all joined onto the corridor. It was hoped that this would also reduce cross infection. The hospital was built on a hill because current clinical thinking at the time thought that the wind would sweep away any infection and clean the air.
Over the years the departments grew and included an accident and emergency unit, children's, medical, plastic surgical, general surgery, burns, gynaecological, intensive care and orthopaedic wards. Departments included several theatres, an X-ray unit and a maternity hospital called the Louise Margaret Hospital.
The Louise Margaret Hospital closed on the 18 January 1995 and CMH itself closed on 2 February 1996.
