11:10am Friday 12th March 2010
By Barbara Jordan
FACTS about the new Whiston Hospital: It is the size of eight football pitches More than half the construction workers were local people It has 225,000 metres of wiring and 38,000 metres of pipework There are 400 individual ensuite patient bedrooms It took three years to build using four million man hours It has 5,000 individually designed rooms Latest technology includes two new CT scanners and an MRI scanner and innovative theatres Stroke patients can re-gain domestic skills in a purpose built kitchen It will have 4,500 staff Courtyard gardens were planted three years ago to mature A rooftop restaurant has panoramic views of Merseyside
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