Weatherfield General Weatherfield General is the hospital in Weatherfield which the residents of Coronation Street often use when in need of medical treatment . Emily Bishop has volunteered here since her retirement in 1989 ( but also worked at the hospital as an orderly from 1976 - 1978 ) . She has manned the hospital shop and cafe , provided chaplaincy support and acted as a ward assistant . As a long - term volunteer she acts as a supervisor to those who are completing community service here like Janice Battersby in 2008 . Events . On Christmas Day 1999 , after the death of a ten year old boy in the hospital , Nurse Martin Platt comforted fellow nurse Rebecca Hopkins over the death and this led to them beginning an affair . In February 2000 , Gail Platt took her teenage daughter Sarah to Dr Wilson ' s surgery to be examined believing she had an eating disorder and was shocked to discover she was five months pregnant . Sarah gave birth in June to daughter Bethany . Out of her depth and alone in the hospital , she found it hard when the baby cried and she was not able to settle her . Neighbour Alison Webster , who just given birth to son Jake in the hospital who had tragically died , agreed to look after Sarah ' s . When no one was looking , Alison ran off with Bethany . Alison ' s husband Kevin made her see sense and hand Sarah ' s baby over before Alison killed herself , unable to cope with the tragedy of her infant loss . In September , drug dealer Jez Quigley hospitalised enemy Steve McDonald when the latter had " grassed " him up to the police over the murder of Tony Horrocks . However Jez himself was admitted shortly after when Steve ' s father Jim sought revenge on Jez for his son ' s attack and brutally beaten him up . Jez attempted to kill Steve , but while tampering with the monitoring equipment at Steve ' s bedside , he collapsed from a ruptured spleen and died on the way to the operating theatre . Dennis Stringer died at the hospital in January 2002 following injuries sustained in a car crash . In October , Sarah Platt was involved in a car crash and was taken to the hospital . Her family were contacted and rushed to be with her but stepfather Martin found out about the accident during a shift changeover . Sarah was left in a coma and taken for an emergency operation as doctors suspected that she might have suffered brain damage . This wasn ' t the case however and she made a full recovery . In June 2004 , Sarah Platt was once again rushed to the hospital after going into premature labour caused by stress . There she gave birth to her son Billy , who was immediately transferred into an incubator . Doctors were initially hopeful but Billy ' s condition deteriorated and he died . Martin attacked fellow nurse Karl Foster in a corridor after he left flowers at Sarah ' s bed because he blamed Karl for splitting up Sarah and her partner Todd Grimshaw , and ultimately , blamed him for Billy ' s death . The assault was witnessed by several nurses . In April 2008 , Maria Connor visited the hospital after her baby stopped kicking and subsequently gave birth to a stillborn son who she named Paul . Killer factory boss Tony Gordon was admitted in November 2009 after suffering a heart attack . Believing he was going to die , Tony confessed to Roy Cropper ( who found him collapsed outside The Kabin ) about his involvement in Liam Connor ' s death . However Tony survived his heart attack and suggested that his confession was down to the strong medication making him delirious , however Roy was not easily mislead . Peter Barlow was admitted in December 2010 after being trapped in The Joinery bar following a gas explosion . Believing that he might not survive his injuries , Peter and fiancée Leanne Battersby ' s wedding ceremony was conducted at his bedside . Peter however pulled through ( although he was confined to a wheelchair ) and was later discharged . Charlotte Hoyle was also admitted to the hospital at the same time . Her injuries were thought to be due to the explosion when she was found by paramedics but she had actually being bludgeoned with a hammer by John Stape and left in the street to make it look like this was the case . She never regained consciousness and doctors warned her parents if she did survive she would suffer serious brain damage . It was decided that her life support machine be switched off . On the same night , Fiz Stape was admitted because she had gone into premature labour as a result of injuries she had sustained during the disaster on the street . She gave birth to a daughter after only six months of pregnancy and called her Hope . Hope spent her first few weeks in an incubator until she was strong enough to return home . She needed an operation in the new year to fix a hole in the heart . In June 2011 , on - the - run killer John Stape , masquerading as a doctor , visited his injured wife Fiz along with their daughter Hope who he snatched from her bedroom . Unable to persuade Fiz to consider running away with him , John ran up to the roof being pursued by the police . Cornered , he handed Hope over to Fiz before jumping . Despite the height , John survived , managed to evade authorities and went on the run . Several months later John was involved in a car accident and died in the hospital , but not before confessing to the police that Fiz was innocent of the murders of Charlotte Hoyle , Colin Fishwick and his mother Joy . A homeless Dennis Tanner was admitted in April 2014 after being beaten up by thugs . He was visited by wife Rita who he ' d left for Gloria Price in February . When he was discharged , Rita took pity on him and collected him from the foyer . In June , Tina McIntyre was admitted with head injuries after being attacked by Rob Donovan outside the Builder ' s Yard on Victoria Street . Tina survived the initial attack and underwent an operation to reduce swelling on her brain . But despite the best efforts of the doctors , Tina died a few days later . Jason Grimshaw was brutally attacked by Callum Logan and two of his heavies in August 2015 , after Jason , who was dating Sarah Platt at the time , became involved in the feud between Callum and the Platt family , Jason was swiftly admitted to Weatherfield General , where he was placed on life support for a number of weeks , Jason made something of a full recovery even after Tony Stewart and Eileen Grimshaw became distraught after receiving news that Jason would be permanently maimed as a result of the attack . Characters born at Weatherfield General . Over the years Weatherfield General has been the birthplace of many characters . These include : Characters who have died at Weatherfield General . It has also been the site of several character ' s deaths , which include :