History
Nissen Huts were constructed on the site of the current hospital during the Second World War by the American army. They were a temporary base for soldiers preparing to take part in the Normandy landings. They have housed various hospital departments in their 44-year history and have only recently been demolished to make way for the new Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit.
The hospital has played its part in the history of the troubles. On Monday 15 December 1980, Sean McKenna, one of the original seven hunger strikers was moved to Musgrave Park Hospital.
In November 1991, a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded in the Military Wing at Musgrave Park hospital. Two soldiers were killed (one Royal Army Medical Corps, the other Royal Corps of Transport), and 11 other people were injured, among them a five-year-old girl and a baby of four months. The 20 lb (9.1 kg) of Semtex exploded in a service tunnel connecting the Withers block, containing orthopaedic and children's wards and the Military Wing. The dead and injured were watching a rugby match on television in the Military Wing's social club.
The trust works in collaboration with 7 other specialist orthopaedic providers within the NHS in England as part of the Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance
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