The Western Isles Hospital (Scottish Gaelic: Ospadal nan Eilean Siar) is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles.
Western Isles Hospital | |
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NHS Western Isles | |
Shown in the Outer Hebrides | |
Geography | |
Location | Stornoway, Eileanan Siar, Scotland |
Coordinates | 58°13′16″N 6°23′0″W / 58.22111°N 6.38333°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | General (Rural) |
Services | |
Beds | 116 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
The hospital was built at a cost of £32 million and was officially opened by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay in March 1993.[1] A six-bedded stroke rehabilitation unit opened in 2007.[2] In late 2014 the health board announced a Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner service would be based at the hospital.[3]
The hospital has 116 beds across a range of specialities, including general medicine, geriatrics, paediatrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology and psychiatry.[4] Within the hospital there is a learning centre and purpose-built facilities for clinical skills training.[5]