The diagrams illustrate some changes that took place at Queen Mary Hospital from the time it was initially constructed in 1960 right through to 2000. It is evident from the diagrams that some areas such as the shopping centre and farmland which used to be on the site are now in extinction and have since been replaced by relevant hospital facilities, a cancer centre and a nursing school.
Generally speaking, the hospital site has tremendously changed as some special facilities such as the pharmacy, nursing school and cancer centre which were initially non-existent are now available whereas the main road and the hospital are the only features that remain unchanged. Looking at the bigger picture, more specialized clinical facilities to patients are now available than they were in 1960.
The first diagram shows that in 1960, the hospital was the only operational health-related facility as the other structures on the location were not directly linked to servicing patients treatment. Interestingly, there were notable changes in 1980 as the shopping centre was split in half and transformed into a cancer centre and pharmacy but, the hospital, the car park and main road remained unchanged. Besides, the farmland was removed to allow for the establishment of a nursing school.
Moreover, two decades later, the cancer centre was renovated into a much larger facility and necessitated adjustments of both the nursing school and car park sizes. The main road and the hospital maintained their sizes and location by the year 2000.
To conclude, the basic plan of the hospital layout remained the same although major transformations took place to give room to the establishment of health-related facilities. The diagrams give us a clear and comprehensive idea of the major changes that occurred at the hospital between this specific time periods between 1960 and 1980 and; 1980 and 2000.