Drumchapel Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Drumchapel Hospital
Drumchapel Hospital is located in Glasgow council area
Drumchapel Hospital
Shown in Glasgow
Geography
LocationDrumchapel Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates55°54′22″N 4°21′35″W / 55.9062°N 4.3596°W / 55.9062; -4.3596
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeriatric
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1903
Closed2016
Links
ListsHospitals 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, as 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

  1. 1 2 "Drumchapel Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow". National Archives. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "The Country Branch at Drumchapel". Historic Hospital Admission Records Project. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Drumchapel Hospital campaigners blast Queen Elizabeth Hospital for out-of-hours closure". Clydebank Post. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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