Hawick Community Hospital | |
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NHS Borders | |
Geography | |
Location | Victoria Road, Hawick, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°25′25″N2°47′40″W / 55.4236°N 2.7944°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 2005 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Hawick Community Hospital is a health facility at Victoria Road in Hawick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Borders.
The hospital was commissioned to replace the ageing Hawick Cottage Hospital. [1] [2] [3] It was built by Border Construction on the site of a former Pringle of Scotland factory at a cost of £4.5 million and opened in 2005. [4]
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