page_title: Manchester Royal Infirmary
section_title: Opening of the new hospital
hierarchical_section_title: Manchester Royal Infirmary / Oxford Road / Opening of the new hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: Plan of Manchester Royal Infirmary
context_page_description: Manchester Royal Infirmary is a hospital in Manchester, England, founded by Charles White in 1752. It is now part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, sharing buildings and facilities with several other hospitals.
context_section_description: Discussions about moving the infirmary to its present site in Oxford Road started in 1875, and a plan was finally agreed in 1904. The Picadilly site was sold to the City Council for £400,000 and plans for new buildings designed by Edwin Hall and John Brooke were accepted after a competition. It was officially opened by King Edward VII on 6 July 1909.
  A radiology department was not envisaged in the plans, but Dr Barclay, appointed in 1909, established a department in the basement. In 1913 more than 5,000 patients were examined radiologically. Radiotherapy for cancer patients started in 1914 and Manchester and District Radium Institute was established in a building next to the hospital in 1921. In 1930 a new nurses' home, Sparshott House, was built. It was not until 1933 that the official title of the hospital was changed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
caption: Plan of Manchester Royal Infirmary
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