Archive: Early days of Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth
There has been a long battle going back nearly 10 years over changes to health services in mid Wales.
Health economist Prof Marcus Longley in his 200-page report six months ago said there had been "mistrust" over Bronglais Hospital's future.
There had been a series of protests about fears the general hospital in Aberystwyth - the only one for 50 miles around - would be downgraded.
Now a conference in Newtown aims to plot the future for mid Wales healthcare and will look at issues ranging from GP recruitment to telemedicine.
Here is a BBC archive report from 1967, shortly after Bronglais was first built. It tells the story of how it was developed in the shadow of an old workhouse in Aberystwyth.
12 Mar 2015