Lady Home Hospital is a health facility in Ayr Road,

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The facility, which was financed by Maria Douglas-Home, Countess of Home and designed by James Kerr, was opened as the Douglas Cottage Hospital in 1888. It later became known as the Lady Home Hospital, being renamed after its founder. It was expanded in 1936 and, after joining the

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in 1948, it was extended again in 1960s. A group of 30 female staff at the hospital won £1.3 million on the National Lottery in 2011.

References

1888 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1888 Hospital buildings completed in 1888 NHS Scotland hospitals Hospitals in South Lanarkshire NHS Lanarkshire {{UK-hospital-stub