East Lothian Community Hospital

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East Lothian Community Hospital
NHS Lothian
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The old Roodlands General Hospital
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Shown in East Lothian
Geography
Location East Lothian, Scotland
Coordinates 55°57′25″N2°47′52″W / 55.95694°N 2.79778°W / 55.95694; -2.79778
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Type General Hospital
Services
Emergency department No
Links
Website www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/RoodlandsGeneralHospital.aspx
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East Lothian Community Hospital is a hospital located on Station Road, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. The hospital is operated by NHS Lothian. [1]

History

The Roodlands General Hospital was built as an infectious diseases hospital for the local area and opened around 1906. [2] It became the County Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Roodlands General Hospital in 1948. [3]

A major redevelopment of the site to create a modern community hospital, known as East Lothian Community Hospital, was undertaken by Morrison Construction at a cost of £70 million, starting in January 2017. [4] The new East Lothian Community Hospital opened in October 2020. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Roodlands General Hospital". NHS Lothian. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Roodlands General Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Roodlands General Hospital". Lothian Health Service Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Construction begins at £70m East Lothian Community Hospital". Scottish Construction Now. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "New community hospital opened its doors in East Lothian". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.