Kirkcudbright Hospital

Hospital in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Kirkcudbright Hospital

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

The hospital is the low cream building on the right

Shown in Dumfries and Galloway

Geography
Location| Barrhill Road, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates| 54°50′05″N 4°03′01″W﻿ / ﻿54.8346°N 4.0504°W﻿ / 54.8346; -4.0504
Organisation
Care system| NHS Scotland
Type| General
History
Opened| 1897
Links
Lists| Hospitals in Scotland

Kirkcudbright Hospital is a health facility in Barrhill Road, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

## History[edit]

The facility was created by the conversion of Townend School, which occupied a mid-19th century building, to the designs of Mr Wallace, a local architect, in 1897.[1][2] An operating theatre was added in 1921.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Kirkcudbright Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
2. ^ "Townend School life 1850-1897". Kirkcudbright History Society. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. ^ "Kirkcudbright Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Hospitals|

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* Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
* Midpark Hospital

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Outwith Dumfries|

* Annan Hospital
* Castle Douglas Hospital
* Galloway Community Hospital
* Kirkcudbright Hospital
* Lochmaben Hospital
* Moffat Hospital
* Newton Stewart Hospital
* Thomas Hope Hospital
* Thornhill Hospital

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