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Mackinnon Memorial Hospital
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LocationBroadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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TypeRural General Hospital
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The Mackinnon Memorial Hospital, also known as Broadford Hospital, is a community hospital, located in the village of Broadford on the Isle of Skye. It is run by NHS Highland and Argyll.[1]

Rural practitioners

The hospital has 10 medical staff who are designated rural practitioners, general practitioners who have had specialised training in trauma and anaesthetics.[2] The rural practitioners have ongoing annual training and refreshing to maintain their extended role which is vital, since support from conventional hospital specialists is 100 miles away at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

History

Mackinnon Memorial opened in 1914 as a voluntary hospital.[3]

The hospital established a reputation for rural surgical care, with an important role played by general surgeon John Ball, who spent his entire consultant career in Broadford, retiring in 1999.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Services: Dr MacKinnon Memorial Hospital / Broadford Hospital". NHS Highland. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ Stephens, David (Spring 2014). "Over the Seas to Skye". RCGP Revalidate. Royal College of General Practitioners. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ "The Hospitals of Skye". History of the Highland Hospitals. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ^ Ross, David (21 March 2014). "The Highland Line: why Skye's new hospital plan and cash for crofters could prove controversial". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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