'Closed' hospital still busy behind the scene

WHEN Birmingham's City Hospital closed its doors for the final time last November, some feared it would bring an end to 130 years of operations at the major hospital site.

- NAOMI DESOUZA

All emergency and acute services from City Hospital were transferred to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick, dubbed the £1 billion 'super hospital,' and the last in-patient, Trust doctor Dr Pankaj Kumar, was wheeled out to an applause in November 2024.

Motorists passing by the Dudley Road health landmark now are greeted with an empty car park and signs saying the hospital is closed - but there is still activity at the site, despite it being earmarked for housing.

A number of outpatient services continue to run behind the now defunct A&E site.

The site and its remaining operations were renamed the City Health Campus last year - and can be used for select, non-urgent treatment.