Drumchapel Hospital
Appearance
Drumchapel Hospital | |
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
Geography | |
Location | Drumchapel Road, Glasgow, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°54′22″N 4°21′35″W / 55.9062°N 4.3596°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Geriatric |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 1903 |
Closed | 2016 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Drumchapel Hospital was a health facility in Drumchapel Road, Glasgow, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
History
The facility was established, following a donation by Miss Margaret Montgomery Paterson, a Country Branch of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.[1] It was designed by Robert Bryden and opened in June 1903.[1] It was extended in 1921 and 1930 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, a new 120‑bed geriatric unit was added to it in 1968.[2] The original building housing the children's unit was demolished in the 1980s and the hospital subsequently focused entirely on geriatric work.[3] The geriatric facility itself closed in August 2016 and was subsequently demolished.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Drumchapel Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow". National Archives. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "The Country Branch at Drumchapel". Historic Hospital Admission Records Project. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Drumchapel Hospital campaigners blast Queen Elizabeth Hospital for out-of-hours closure". Clydebank Post. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.