Rutherglen Maternity Hospital

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Rutherglen Maternity Hospital
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Shown in South Lanarkshire
Geography
LocationStonelaw Road, Rutherglen, Scotland
Coordinates 55°49′27″N4°12′35″W / 55.8242°N 4.2098°W / 55.8242; -4.2098
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Type Maternity
Services
Emergency department No
History
Opened1978
Closed1998
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Rutherglen Maternity Hospital was a women and children's hospital in Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. [1]

History

Until the 1970s, maternity services in Rutherglen were provided at the Duke Street Hospital. [2] The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid by a gynaecologist, Sir Hector McLennan, in June 1973. The new building was designed by Frank Campbell. [3] The local member of parliament, Gregor Mackenzie, welcomed the first babies born there in 1978 and it was officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 18 May 1979. [4] After 56,000 babies had been born there, it closed on 1 August 1998 [5] in order to consolidate maternity services at fewer locations, on the same site as emergency treatment – despite local opposition to the closure in the preceding years. [6] [7] [8] [9]

The site is now occupied by a complex of retirement apartments and an extension of the local health centre, the older part of which was built at the same time as the hospital, replacing Rutherglen's older clinic on King Street. [10]

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References

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  2. "The Eastern District Hospital". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Rutherglen Maternity Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. "Rutherglen Maternity remembered through Facebook page". The Daily Record. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. "Archive". NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. Rutherglen Maternity Hospital (House of Commons Debate), Hansard, 1 March 1995
  7. Hospital may be sacrificed | Rutherglen Maternity could close early to save debt-ridden Victoria Infirmary, The Herald, 18 June 1997 (subscription required)
  8. GPs plan takeover of hospital which is facing early closure, The Herald, 21 October 1997 (subscription required)
  9. Olde Glasgow Hospitals, Glasgow Punter, 15 December 2017
  10. Dr Anne Forrest says farewell to Rutherglen Health Centre after 32 years, Daily Record, 3 April 2014