Law Hospital

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Law Hospital
NHS Lanarkshire
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Law Hospital
Law Hospital
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Geography
Location Law, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°45′31″N3°51′32″W / 55.7585°N 3.8588°W / 55.7585; -3.8588 Coordinates: 55°45′31″N3°51′32″W / 55.7585°N 3.8588°W / 55.7585; -3.8588
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type District General
History
Opened1939
Closed2001
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Law Hospital was a health facility in Law, South Lanarkshire. It was managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

History

The facility was designed by Cullen, Lochhead and Brown as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities and opened in 1939. [1] It accommodated evacuees from the Central Middlesex Hospital as well as some injured German Prisoners of War during the Second World War. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. After patients had been transferred to the Wishaw Hospital, it closed in 2001. [1] Concerns were raised when medical files were found in the derelict hospital in 2008. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Law Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. "Files found in abandoned hospital". BBC. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2019.