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Western Isles Hospital
Western Isles Hospital in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
Western Isles Hospital is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The hospital was built at a cost of £32 million and was officially opened by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay in March 1993. A six-bedded stroke rehabilitation unit opened in 2007. In late 2014 the health board announced a Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner service would be based at the hospital.
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- Coordinates
- 58.2211, -6.3833
- Address
- Stornoway
- Established
- 1992
- Official site
- www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7987984 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Western Isles Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Western Isles Hospital?
- Western Isles Hospital is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.2211°, -6.3833°.
- When was Western Isles Hospital built?
- Western Isles Hospital dates to 1992.