Erne Hospital was a health facility in Cornagrade Road,

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. It was managed by the

Western Health and Social Care Trust The Western Health and Social Care Trust is a health organisation in Northern Ireland. Hospitals served by the Trust include Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex and the South West Acu ...

History

The facility has its origins in the Enniskillen Union Workhouse which was designed by George Wilkinson and was completed in March 1844. After joining the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

as Erne Hospital in 1948, most of the workhouse buildings were demolished in the late 1950s and a modern health facility was completed in 1964. After services transferred to the

South West Acute Hospital South West Acute Hospital is a local teaching hospital located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is managed by Western Health and Social Care Trust. History The hospital was built to replace the Erne Hospital, and was opened ...

, Erne Hospital was closed in June 2012 and, although the old workhouse entrance block survived, most of the more modern buildings were demolished in autumn 2016.

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