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The New Hospital is the Island's largest ever building project. These interesting details might surprise you, but they will give you an idea of just how impressive it is.

some 130,000 tonnes of earth were moved -- that would fill the National Sports Centre swimming pool more than 700 times
26,000 tonnes of concrete -- or 2,500 lorry loads -- were used
the roof is covered with 480,000 slates, that's enough to cover 10 football pitches
the glass used in the windows would cover another 1 1/2 football pitches
there are over 12 miles of drains and 250 miles of electrical cabling
steel, copper and plastic pipework total 45 miles -- stretched out end-to-end it would go from Douglas to Peel 3 1/2 times
there are more than half a million blocks in its internal and external walls -- if these were stacked up in a wall six feet high, it would stretch for 17 miles, roughly the distance from Douglas to Ramsey
8,000 light fittings and more than 2,000 doors are installed

The New Hospital has been planned to meet the needs of a population assumed to be about 85,000 in the year 2021. In that year, it is expected that:

the Accident and Emergency Department will treat 28,000 new casualties;
Radiology will make 65,000 examinations;
the laundry will process 2.25 million items, including 244,000 staff uniforms and use approximately 10 tons of soap powder;
6,250 operations will be performed;
one million meals (including those for Meals on Wheels) will be prepared;
some 700,000 loaves and 3.5 tons of grated cheese -- much of it wrapped in an estimated 4 miles of cling film -- will be consumed.

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