Killearn Hospital

Hospital in Stirling, Scotland
56°02′04″N 4°23′47″W / 56.0345°N 4.3963°W / 56.0345; -4.3963OrganisationCare systemNHSTypeGeneral hospitalHistoryOpened1940Closed1972LinksListsHospitals in Scotland

Killearn Hospital was a health facility at Killearn in the Stirling council area of Scotland.

History

The hospital was established as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities for military casualties in 1940.[1][2] It received casualties during the Clydebank Blitz when two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland took place in March 1941.[3] The wooden huts which had been erected during the war continued to be used for civilian purposes after the war.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 but, because of its remote location, it eventually closed in 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Killearn Hospital". Archives Hub. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Killearn, Killearn Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Killearn Hospital - built for War". Clydeside Images. Retrieved 20 July 2019.