Opened 1889, Closed 1996
Gartloch Hospital is located on the Gartloch Road near the village of Gartcosh. It was closed in 1996 after serving patients for 100 years as a hospital. It is now in the process of being redeveloped into a "luxury village".
Gartloch Timeline:
1889: Gartloch Estate was bought by the City of Glasgow for nearly £8,600 for the Glasgow District Lunacy Board to build an asylum for the poor people of the city.
1896: The first patients were admitted. 540 beds.
1899: The average number of patients resident in the asylum during the year was 465 and comprised 236 males and 229 females.
1902: A tuberculosis sanitorium was opened. It closed after World War II. During the War, Gartloch was transformed into an Emergency Medical Services hospital. Psychiatric patients were transferred to other hospitals and a number of “temporary” hutted wards built.
1904: 830 beds.
1948: Gartloch joined the National Health Service and was placed under the Board of Management for Glasgow North-Eastern Mental Hospitals.
1974: When the Greater Glasgow Health Board was created in 1974 Gartloch was placed within the Eastern District.
1990: 530 beds.
1993: Gartloch was under the Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust.
1996: Gartloch Hospital closed.
2003: Development work to turn Gartloch into a luxury village begins.
I need to go back to gartloch and get more pictures as I don't have many
Gartloch Hospital is located on the Gartloch Road near the village of Gartcosh. It was closed in 1996 after serving patients for 100 years as a hospital. It is now in the process of being redeveloped into a "luxury village".
Gartloch Timeline:
1889: Gartloch Estate was bought by the City of Glasgow for nearly £8,600 for the Glasgow District Lunacy Board to build an asylum for the poor people of the city.
1896: The first patients were admitted. 540 beds.
1899: The average number of patients resident in the asylum during the year was 465 and comprised 236 males and 229 females.
1902: A tuberculosis sanitorium was opened. It closed after World War II. During the War, Gartloch was transformed into an Emergency Medical Services hospital. Psychiatric patients were transferred to other hospitals and a number of “temporary” hutted wards built.
1904: 830 beds.
1948: Gartloch joined the National Health Service and was placed under the Board of Management for Glasgow North-Eastern Mental Hospitals.
1974: When the Greater Glasgow Health Board was created in 1974 Gartloch was placed within the Eastern District.
1990: 530 beds.
1993: Gartloch was under the Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust.
1996: Gartloch Hospital closed.
2003: Development work to turn Gartloch into a luxury village begins.
I need to go back to gartloch and get more pictures as I don't have many
