Cowal Community Hospital

Cowal Community Hospital
NHS Highland
Geography
Location Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°57′34″N 4°55′43″W / 55.95944°N 4.92861°W / 55.95944; -4.92861Coordinates: 55°57′34″N 4°55′43″W / 55.95944°N 4.92861°W / 55.95944; -4.92861
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Community Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 12
Links
Website Cowal Community Hospital at NHSHighland
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Cowal Community Hospital (formerly known as Dunoon General Hospital) is a community hospital in Dunoon, Scotland. It is run by NHS Highland. The hospital provides cover to a local population of around 9,000.

It has a GP-led accident and emergency unit, a maternity unit, dental surgery, 2 bed paliative care hospice, 10 bed general ward and clinics led by visiting consultants.[1]

Controversies

In 2012 a male nurse was struck off after it emerged that he viewed so much internet pornography on his NHS laptop the entire hospital network was slowed down.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Dunoon Hospital". Nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. "Dunoon nurse struck off over internet pornography rap". Cowal Courier. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. John Ferguson (2012-06-16). "Nurse struck off after watching so much internet porn he slowed down hospital network". Daily Record. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  4. Custom byline text:  (2012-06-16). "Male nurse struck off over porn". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
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