Wester Moffat Hospital

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Wester Moffat Hospital
NHS Lanarkshire
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Wester Moffat House
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Shown in North Lanarkshire
Geography
LocationTowers Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Coordinates 55°52′07″N3°56′29″W / 55.8686°N 3.9413°W / 55.8686; -3.9413
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
SpecialityCare for the elderly
History
Opened1929 ( as a hospital )
Links
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Wester Moffat Hospital is a health facility in Towers Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. It is a Grade B listed building. [1]

History

The building, which was designed by Charles Wilson [2] in the Scottish baronial style for William Towers-Clark, a solicitor, was completed in 1862. [3] It was converted for medical use and re-opened as a sanatorium in January 1929. [3] The facility joined the National Health Service in 1948. [3] Rifleman James Morris, a soldier from the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), was admitted to the hospital after a car crash in 1962 and spent 54 years there without recovering before his death in 2017. [4]

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References

  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Towers Road, Wester Moffat Hospital, Wester Moffat House (LB20930)" . Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. "Charles Wilson". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wester Moffat Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Veteran spends 54 years in NHS hospital after going in with broken leg and never recovering". The Telegraph. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.