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The Royal Samaritan Hospital was a hospital for women in
Govanhill Govanhill ( gd, Cnoc a' Ghobhainn) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, situated south of the River Clyde between Pollokshields, the Gorbals, Strathbungo, Crosshill, Polmadie and Queen's Park. Historically part of Renfrewshire, Govanhill had the st ...
,
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, Scotland.


History

The hospital had its origins in a converted house in South Cumberland Street which opened in January 1886. It moved to Kingston House in
Tradeston Tradeston () is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde. Geography Tradeston is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Glasgow to Paisley railway line to the so ...
in 1890 and to a new purpose‑built hospital, designed by MacWhannel and Rogerson, in Coplaw Street in 1895. The Alice Mary Corbett Memorial Nurses' Home was completed in 1904, funded by the grandmother of
Elsie Cameron Corbett Elsie Cameron Corbett (1893 –1977) was a volunteer ambulance driver and major donor to the World War I, World War One Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, Scottish Women's Hospital for Foreign Service in Serbia, She was a prisoner of ...
. A new wing to the hospital was completed in 1927 and a patients' annex opened in 1936. It joined 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 " ...
in 1948 and then closed in 1991.


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Defunct hospitals in Scotland 1890 establishments in Scotland 1991 disestablishments in Scotland Govan Hospitals in Glasgow Govanhill and Crosshill {{UK-hospital-stub