Law Hospital was a health facility in Law, South Lanarkshire. It was managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

Law Hospital
NHS Lanarkshire
Law Hospital
Law Hospital is located in South Lanarkshire
Law Hospital
Shown in South Lanarkshire
Geography
LocationLaw, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°45′31″N 3°51′32″W / 55.7585°N 3.8588°W / 55.7585; -3.8588
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeDistrict General
History
Opened1939
Closed2001
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

History

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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]

References

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