The Royal Samaritan Hospital was a hospital for women in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland.
Royal Samaritan Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°50′24″N 4°15′45″W / 55.8401°N 4.2626°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
Speciality | Hospital for Women |
History | |
Opened | 1886 |
Closed | 1991 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe hospital had its origins in a converted house in South Cumberland Street which opened in January 1886.[1] It moved to Kingston House in Tradeston in 1890 and to a new purpose‑built hospital, designed by MacWhannel and Rogerson, in Coplaw Street in 1895.[1] The Alice Mary Corbett Memorial Nurses' Home was completed in 1904, funded by the grandmother of Elsie Cameron Corbett.[2] A new wing to the hospital was completed in 1927 and a patients' annex opened in 1936.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and then closed in 1991.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "TheGlasgowStory: Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women". Theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Govanhill's Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women and its stories". Evening Times. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Records of the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women - Archives Hub". Archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "The Discovery Service". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
External links
editMedia related to Former Glasgow Samaritan Hospital For Women at Wikimedia Commons