Cowal Community Hospital is a community hospital in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.
Cowal Community Hospital | |
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NHS Highland | |
Shown in Argyll and Bute | |
Geography | |
Location | Argyll Street, Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 55°57′33″N 4°55′40″W / 55.959257°N 4.9277880°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Community Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
Beds | 14 |
History | |
Opened | 1885 |
Links | |
Website | Cowal Community Hospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
The hospital has its origins in the Dunoon Cottage Hospital on the corner of Alfred Street and King Street in Dunoon which opened in 1885.[1] This was replaced by a new cottage hospital which was opened by Princess Louise in October 1908.[1] A modern purpose-built facility was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester as the Dunoon and District General Hospital in November 1966.[2] At the time it had 74 beds, mainly configured in four-bed wards.[2] It changed its name to Cowal Community Hospital in c.2008.[3]
The hospital has a GP-led accident and emergency department, a maternity unit, dental surgery suite and a general ward and there are also numerous consultant led clinics available at the hospital.[4] It provides services for the Cowal peninsula population, numbering some fifteen thousand people.[5] It has fourteen beds.[6]