Few interesting bits of history
In 1910 the Board of Poor Law Guardians purchase Alder Hey, a mansion set in 25 acres of land in West Derby, with the intention of building a new workhouse for the city's poor. The plans include an area dedicated to caring for the paupers' sick children. After the outbreak of the First World War the doors of Alder Hey are opened so the building can serve as a military hospital. But the wards designed for caring for children retain their purpose. An American military camp is also established in the grounds. After the war, the building is firmly established as a children's hospital. The Second World War sees parts of Alder Hey again used to treat military casualties, but the majority of the hospital remains occupied by pediatric patients.
Penicillin was first tested at Alder Hey in 1944 to save the life of a child with pneumonia, a ground-breaking moment in medical history.
The Ronald McDonald House house opened in 1993 to provide a home away from home for the families of sick children being treated at Alder Hey. It initially has just 26 bedrooms but has expanded twice and now offers accommodation to 84 families each night.
October 1st 2015 the new Alder Hey is officially opened This is followed by a five-day transfer period while patients and equipment are moved from the old building into the new site.
Sorry about the fisheye, wish I would of swapped it but I quite enjoyed pissing about in the corridors with it
Looking out towards the new hosptial
Most of the wards had padlocks on the door's as a result we only got into one and it was shit, nice and blue but pretty shit
Bored of the corridors and locked wards we set out looking for the operating theaters
"The brain suite"
In October 2007 Alder Hey Children’s Charity received a donation of £3m from the Barclay Foundation to fund a 3-Tesla MRI scanner. This high-resolution magnetic imaging combined with an adjacent state of the art theatre featuring BrainLab image guided navigation systems, enables scans to be carried out in the operating theatre during surgery. This provides the surgeon with highly accurate, real-time information used for navigation and updates on progress.
Every room was filled with what looked like brand new equipment, I wonder if they will put it to good use...
Cheers for looking
In 1910 the Board of Poor Law Guardians purchase Alder Hey, a mansion set in 25 acres of land in West Derby, with the intention of building a new workhouse for the city's poor. The plans include an area dedicated to caring for the paupers' sick children. After the outbreak of the First World War the doors of Alder Hey are opened so the building can serve as a military hospital. But the wards designed for caring for children retain their purpose. An American military camp is also established in the grounds. After the war, the building is firmly established as a children's hospital. The Second World War sees parts of Alder Hey again used to treat military casualties, but the majority of the hospital remains occupied by pediatric patients.
Penicillin was first tested at Alder Hey in 1944 to save the life of a child with pneumonia, a ground-breaking moment in medical history.
The Ronald McDonald House house opened in 1993 to provide a home away from home for the families of sick children being treated at Alder Hey. It initially has just 26 bedrooms but has expanded twice and now offers accommodation to 84 families each night.
October 1st 2015 the new Alder Hey is officially opened This is followed by a five-day transfer period while patients and equipment are moved from the old building into the new site.
Sorry about the fisheye, wish I would of swapped it but I quite enjoyed pissing about in the corridors with it
Looking out towards the new hosptial
Most of the wards had padlocks on the door's as a result we only got into one and it was shit, nice and blue but pretty shit
Bored of the corridors and locked wards we set out looking for the operating theaters
"The brain suite"
In October 2007 Alder Hey Children’s Charity received a donation of £3m from the Barclay Foundation to fund a 3-Tesla MRI scanner. This high-resolution magnetic imaging combined with an adjacent state of the art theatre featuring BrainLab image guided navigation systems, enables scans to be carried out in the operating theatre during surgery. This provides the surgeon with highly accurate, real-time information used for navigation and updates on progress.
Every room was filled with what looked like brand new equipment, I wonder if they will put it to good use...
Cheers for looking
and especially the Theatre pics.....wonder if we could put the Brain Scanner to good use 
