Rutherglen Maternity Hospital was a women and children's hospital in Stonelaw Road,

Rutherglen Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...

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, Scotland.

History

Until the 1970s, maternity services in Rutherglen were provided at the

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. The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid by a gynaecologist, Sir Hector McLennan, in June 1973. The new building was designed by Frank Campbell. The local

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, welcomed the first babies born there in 1978 and it was officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 18 May 1979. After 56,000 babies had been born there, it closed on 1 August 1998.

References

Hospitals in South Lanarkshire 1978 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1978 Hospital buildings completed in 1978 1998 disestablishments in Scotland Defunct hospitals in Scotland Maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom Hospitals disestablished in 1998 {{UK-hospital-stub