Killearn Hospital

Killearn Hospital was a health facility at Killearn in the Stirling council area of Scotland.

Killearn Hospital
Killearn Hospital (in ruin)
Location of the hospital in the Stirling council area
Geography
Location	Killearn, Stirling, Scotland
Coordinates	56.0345°N 4.3963°W
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	General hospital
History
Opened	1940
Closed	1972
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital was established as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities for military casualties in 1940.[1][2] It received casualties during the Clydebank Blitz when two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland took place in March 1941.[3] The wooden huts which had been erected during the war continued to be used for civilian purposes after the war.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 but, because of its remote location, it eventually closed in 1972.[1]

References

1. "Killearn Hospital". Archives Hub. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
2. "Killearn, Killearn Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. "Killearn Hospital - built for War". Clydeside Images. Retrieved 20 July 2019.