St Luke's Hospital, Armagh

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St Luke's Hospital
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
The Hill Building - geograph.org.uk - 1389825.jpg
The Hill Building
St Luke's Hospital, Armagh is located in Northern Ireland
St Luke's Hospital, Armagh
Shown in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationArmagh, County Armagh,, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°21′44″N 6°39′08″W / 54.36209°N 6.65225°W / 54.36209; -6.65225Coordinates: 54°21′44″N 6°39′08″W / 54.36209°N 6.65225°W / 54.36209; -6.65225
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1825
Links
Websitewww.southerntrust.hscni.net/1551.htm

St Luke's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Lúcás) is a psychiatric hospital in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

History[]

The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Armagh Asylum in 1825.[1] It expanded with the opening of the Hill Building in 1898.[2] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and various facilities including inpatient dementia care and inpatient addiction services have been progressively withdrawn.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "County Armagh, Armagh, District Lunatic Asylum". Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "£600,000 facelift sees iconic St Luke's Hill Building preserved for future generations". Armagh I. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Inpatient addiction services to be axed at St Luke's Hospital next week". Armagh I. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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