Mid Argyll Community Hospital is a community hospital in Blarbuie Road,

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The facility has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital, designed by Speirs & Co. and completed in 1897. The hospital joined the

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in 1948. New facilities were procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2004. The new building, which was designed by HLM Architects and built by

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at a cost of £19.2 million, opened in 2007.

References

NHS Scotland hospitals 1897 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1897 Hospitals in Argyll and Bute Hospital buildings completed in 2007 {{UK-hospital-stub