County Community Hospital is a health facility in Saltburn Road, Invergordon, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.

History

The facility has its origins in a naval hospital which was established on the site in 1917. Casualties were transported to Invergorden by steam

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and then to the hospital by train during the First World War. It became an infectious diseases hospital in 1920 and, after being renamed the County Hospital, joined the National Health Service in 1948. After the old hospital became decrepit, a new facility was procured under a

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contract. The new facility, which was built by Robertson Group at a cost of £8.8 million, opened in October 2005.

References

Hospital buildings completed in 2005 Hospitals in Highland (council area) Hospitals established in 1917 NHS Scotland hospitals 1917 establishments in Scotland {{UK-hospital-stub