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Crosshouse Hospital NHS Ayrshire and Arran Geography Location Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Organisation Care system Public NHS Hospital type General Affiliated university University of Glasgow Services Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency Beds 500 (excluding Materity Unit) History Founded 1981 Links Website http://www.nhsayrshireandarran.com/view_item.aspx?item_id=2051 Lists Hospitals in the United Kingdom Crosshouse Hospital is a large district general hospital just outside Kilmarnock, built to replace the old Kilmarnock Infirmary. It covers the whole of North Ayrshire & East Ayrshire areas, including the Isle of Arran. It is located 1 mile outside the town in the village of Crosshouse. (It was opened as the North Ayrshire District General Hospital, but staff soon took to calling it "Nadge," hence the adoption of the local place name.)
In 2006, a new state-of-the-art Maternity Unit was opened in the grounds of the hospital. The "Ayrshire Maternity Unit" replaced a similar unit at Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine.
The Hospital has an active Hospital Radio Station, HBSA Hospital Radio which is popular amongst patients.
Resus DVD
In 2009, NHS Ayrshire and Arran produced a DVD for Bliss, the special care baby charity, designed to help train parents in infant resuscitation. Thousands of the DVDs have since been distributed free of charge to people across the country.
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