History
In January 2009, it was announced that the BBC 1 was to broadcast a documentary series at the hospital, filmed in August 2008. A new series will be broadcast on 10 January 2011.
In November 2009, the first person-to-person transmission of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 in the world was confirmed at the hospital. Five patients were infected, with three apparently having been infected in the hospital itself in a case of iatrogenic transmission.
The hospital was previously part of Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust, with Huw Ross being the Chief Executive, Ian Lane the Medical Director and Judith Hardisty the Director of Personnel. In 2010 the Trust was dissolved and the hospital is now run by a health board, with none of these executives being re-appointed due to concerns regarding their performance.
Postmortem examinations had to be stopped at the hospital following an inspection which revealed serious breaches of the Human Tissue Act, including the unauthorised storage of human brains. Surgery was also discontinued temporarily when surgeons complained the instruments they had been given had not been sterilised properly and were visibly dirty.
Throughout 2010, the hospital faced serious financial pressures which led to the closure of wards.
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