Cowal Community Hospital | |
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NHS Highland | |
Geography | |
Location | Argyll Street, Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 55°57′33″N4°55′40″W / 55.959257°N 4.9277880°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Community Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
Beds | 14 |
History | |
Opened | 1885 |
Links | |
Website | Cowal Community Hospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Cowal Community Hospital is a community hospital in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.
The hospital has its origins in the Dunoon Cottage Hospital on the corner of Alfred Street and King Street in Dunoon which opened in 1885. [1] This was replaced by a new cottage hospital which was opened by Princess Louise in October 1908. [1] A modern purpose-built facility was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester as the Dunoon and District General Hospital in November 1966. [2] At the time it had 74 beds, mainly configured in four-bed wards. [2] It changed its name to Cowal Community Hospital in c.2008. [3]
The hospital has a GP-led accident and emergency department, a maternity unit, dental surgery suite and a general ward and there are also numerous consultant led clinics available at the hospital. [4] It provides services for the Cowal peninsula population, numbering some fifteen thousand people. [5] It has fourteen beds. [6]
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