Tyrone County Hospital

Tyrone County Hospital (Irish: Otharlann Chontae Thír Eoghain) was a hospital and the main health facility in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The hospital occupied the same site in the town from 1899 until it closed to new patients on 20 June 2017 when it was replaced by the newly built Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex.[1]

Tyrone County Hospital
Western Health and Social Care Trust
The hospital in October 2005
Geography
LocationOmagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates54.598°N 7.280°W / 54.598; -7.280
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1899
Closed2017
Links
ListsHospitals in Northern Ireland

History

The hospital has its origins in an infirmary which was opened in Market Street in Omagh in 1796.[2] The hospital moved to a new site on Hospital Road in 1899.[2] A post graduate centre for students of Queen's University Belfast was opened by Richard Needham in July 1988[2] and a new renal unit followed in August 1989.[2]

In June 2002 the then Health Minister Bairbre de Brún announced the closure of the hospital,[3] a decision which was confirmed by the new Health Minister Michael McGimpsey in January 2009.[4] After services transferred to the new Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex the Tyrone County Hospital closed at 08:00 AM on 20th June 2017.[5]

References
  1. "Tyrone County Hospital 1899-2017". westerntrust.hscni.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. "Sperrin Lakeland Trust". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. "Proposed acute hospital plan sparks row". Northern Ireland News. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. "McGimpsey Defends Omagh Acute Hospital Loss". Northern Ireland News. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. "Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex opens to patients". BBC. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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