24696: Lewis Hospital, Stornoway

The original hospital was situated on Goathill Road, Stornoway. A new hospital – the Western Isles Hospital – was opened in 1993 in Manor Park, Stornoway to replace the Lewis and County Hospitals.

Doctor Grant, a general practitioner who was located in Miavaig, is recorded by the 35th annual report of the Lewis Hospital as having been elected to the hospital’s Board of Managers in 1932.

More information on the history of the Lewis Hospital can be found on the Looking Back: Celebrating 70 years of the National Health Service in the Western Isles website of the Western Isles Health Board.