| |
| |
|
 |
 |
|||||||
|
» Site Map » Home Page Historical Info » Family History/Trace Nurses » History » QAIMNS for India » QAIMNS First World War » War Graves Memorials Nurses 
» Book of Remembrance » Example of Mentioned in Despatches Letter » War Love Stories » QA World War Two Nursing » Africa Second World War » War Diaries Nursing Sisters » Belsen Concentration Camp » Voluntary Aid Detachment » National Service » Korean War and the QARANC » Gulf War » Royal Red Cross Medal » Colonels In Chief » Director Army Nursing Services (DANS) » Colonel Commandant » Matrons In Chief (QAIMNS) I would love Qaranc.co.uk to grow and would be grateful for a few seconds of your time to achieve this. Please help StumbleUpon this page: Follow Qaranc.co.uk on Twitter:  Like Qaranc.co.uk on Facebook: If you have found this page useful please consider clicking below to tweet this page with your followers: Tweet Or share via Moreshare to social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious and Stumbleupon whilst earning rewards at the same time when you use Moreshare to shorten your links: 
» March » Motto » QA Memorial National Memorial Arboretum » Memorial Window » Army Recruitment Posters » Museum » QA Association » Army Standard » QA and AMS Prayer » Books About Army Former Army Hospitals UK » BMH Cowglen Glasgow » CMH Aldershot » Colchester Military Hospital » DKMH Catterick » Duke of Connaught Unit Northern Ireland » Ghosts » Hospital Ghosts » Haslar » QA Centre » QAMH Millbank » QEMH Woolwich » Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast » Netley » Royal Chelsea Hospital » Royal Herbert » Tidworth Military Hospital » Military Hospital Wheatley France » Ambulance Trains » Hospital Barges » Hospital Ships Germany » BMH Berlin » BMH Hanover » BMH Hostert » BMH Iserlohn » BMH Munster » BMH Rinteln » BMH Wuppertal Cyprus » TPMH RAF Akrotiri » BMH Dhekelia » BMH Nicosia Egypt » BMH Alexandria China » BMH Shanghai Hong Kong » BMH Bowen Road Hong Kong » BMH Mount Kellett Overseas Old British Military Hospitals » BMH Gibraltar » BMH Malta » BMH Nairobi » BMH Nepal » BMH Singapore » Belize Hospital 
|
Duke of Connaught UnitInformation about the Duke of Connaught Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast in Northern Ireland: The Duke of Connaught Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast in Northern Ireland replaced the Royal Army Medical Corps wards during the defence cuts and rationalisation reviews of the 1990s. QARANC (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps) nurses and health care assistants continued to work at the hospital. The Duke of Connaught Unit Northern Ireland closed on the 28 March 2010. The close down team stayed until 30 June closing and emptying the whole unit before it was handed over to the NHS. This was the closure of the last military hospital in the UK. Findextrawork 
Since leaving the QA's we have done an assortment of self employed work and jobs, some which only take an hour a week, others have been full time. We
have written about these at our other website Findextrawork at
www.findextrawork.co.uk
where we share the information for free to help others with information and resources about earning more money.
Visit Findextrawork for more information.
Musgrave Park HospitalMusgrave Park Hospital opened in 1920 and is now part of the Green Park Healthcare Trust. The Military Wing opened on the 21 October 1964 (cited in the book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  ).
Musgrave Park Hospital is a general hospital and also specialises in sports medicine, rehabilitation, orthopaedics and rheumatology.
For decades there was a military unit run by the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and the QAs. This provided emergency care and long term care for members of the British Army. Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast Sister Kate: Nursing Through the Troubles  is a new book that may interest QAs and soldiers who served through the troubles in Ireland. Sister Kate O'Hanlan was a nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast during the Troubles. She worked in the Falls Road casualty department during the 1960 through to the late 1980s and her book, Sister Kate: Nursing Through The Troubles, gives accounts of dealing with survivors of bombs, shootings, stabbing and other acts of violence from both sides.
Buy Now.
Sister Kate describes the treatment of soldiers injured in their Saracen vehicles, the Malvern Street Belfast shootings of 1966 and the start of the Troubles in 1969 which saw her treat her first gun shot wounds victim. This includes the bomb explosion by the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) at McGurk's bar which Sister Kate O'Hanlon attended and helped treat casualties at the scene before escorting them back to the casualty department to administer further nursing care to the survivors. This was her first experience of multiple trauma wounds and amputations. Many more were to be witnessed such as those from the IRA bombing of the Abercorn Restaurant off Cornmarket which was a retaliation for the events of Bloody Sunday at Derry. The difficulties of caring for mass casualties is discussed in the chapter about the car bomb in Donegall Street which saw 150 casualties arrive at the A&E. Further traumas were to be encountered when body parts were handed for identification to Sister Kate O'Hanlon after the events of Bloody Friday. Personal safety of the nursing staff were encountered as a result of the riots of Long Kesh Internment Camp when prisoners were taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast and wives came looking for husbands and violence broke out. Such violence even extended to shootings outside the hospital and even incidences in the resuscitation room. New methods of nursing care were soon developed and the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast soon became know as a centre of excellence and this included treatment of victims of rubber bullets, plastic baton rounds, paramilitary punishments such as tarring and feathering or drilled knee caps. Buy Now.
Musgrave Park Hospital BombingAt the height of the IRA troubles in Northern Ireland (NI) the RAMC unit was bombed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) on the 2 November 1991 at approximately 2:35pm. The unit was busier than normal because some off duty staff were watching the Rugby World Cup Final. The bomb killed one member of the RAMC (WO2 Philip Arthur Cross) and one member of the RCT (Driver Craig Pantry) and injured 9 members of the Army Medical Services (AMS), a five year old girl and a four month old baby. The bomb contained 20 lb of Semtex which exploded in a service tunnel which connected the Withers block to the RAMC Ward. The Withers block housed the children’s ward and the orthopaedic ward. There is a photo of the bombed building in the book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing
which was taken by Soldier Magazine.
A commemorative stone was laid on 19 June 1998 by the staff of The Duke of Connaught Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital in memory of WO2 P Cross (RAMC) and Dvr C Pantry (RCT). Contact Details Duke of Connaught Unit Musgrave Park Hospital 20 Stockman’s Lane Belfast Northern Ireland BT9 7JB Telephone Number: (02890) 685449 Website: If you have any information or a photograph of the Duke of Connaught Unit for this page then please contact me. If you like this page and would like to easily share Qaranc.co.uk with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below: Tweet
A QARANC wall plaque and shield is available to buy through Amazon. The QA shield is hand made and ready to hang on the wall. . Buy Now.  View British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. If you would like to contribute to this page, suggest changes or inclusions to this website or would like to send me a photograph then please e-mail me. The photos and pictures on this page have been kindly sent to us for inclusion on this page. If you would like to contribute photographs then please contact us. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QARANC Association website please go to www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/qaranc/9884.aspx *********************************************** The information request section has moved to the Army Nursing page. |
Present Day » Become An Army Nurse » QARANC Junior Ranks » QARANC Officer Ranks » Abbreviations » Nicknames for QARANC Ministry of Defence Hospital Units » MDHU Derriford » MDHU Frimley Park » MDHU Northallerton » MDHU Peterborough » MDHU Portsmouth » RCDM Birmingham Field Hospitals » Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility MTF Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan Territorial Army » TA Field Hospitals and Field Ambulances Photos » Photographs QA Uniform » Why QA's Wear Grey » QARANC Beret » QARANC Lapel Pin Badge 
» Cap Badge » QA Corps Belt » QARANC Officer's Cloak » QA Officer Medal QARANC Events » Armed Forces Day » Army Reunions » Corps Day » Military Events » Remembrance » AMS Carol Service » QARANC Association Pilgrimage to Singapore and Malaysia 2009 » Doctors and Nurses at War » War and Medicine Exhibition » QA Uniform Exhibition Nothe Fort Weymouth Famous QA's » Dame Margot Turner » Dame Maud McCarthy » Military Medal Awards To QAs » Sean Beech Nursing Events International Nurses Day QARANC.co.uk Info » Search » Site Map » Contact » Military Websites Help Needed: QARANC.co.uk would like you to share your memories of serving in the QA's, your fondest memories of military hospitals you may have served in or perhaps share any photographs and have them appear on the QARANC website. Any thoughts, articles and photos can be e-mailed or sent in the post using our contact details. www.qaranc.co.uk are seeking help with some answers to questions sent by readers. These can be found on the Army Nursing page. » Find QA's » Jokes » Merchandise » Military Teddy Bears » Pin Badges » Wall Plaques » Fridge Magnet 
The Abandoned Soldier Recipe Book Reviews Shopping Coupons | ||||||
 |
 |
| © Site contents copyright QARANC.co.uk 2006 - 2012 All rights reserved.
Privacy/Disclaimer Policy |
