Eastbank Hospital

Eastbank Hospital was a health facility in Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney Islands.

The hospital was managed by NHS Scotland until its closure in March 2000.

The house, known as Eastbank House, was purchased by Mr. Ferguson who converted it into an infectious diseases hospital, to replace the former Scapa Infectious Diseases Hospital at Scapa.

[1] Over time, the hospital had to adapt to meet the needs of patients who were recovering from alcoholism, had mental illnesses, or elderly patients who suffered from dementia.

As the amount of patients at Eastbank increased, the hospital was extended rapidly in the 1960s in order to accommodate them.