Tyrone County Hospital

Tyrone County Hospital was a hospital and the main health facility in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

The hospital occupied the same site in the town from 1899 until it closed to new patients on 20 June 2017 when it was replaced by the newly built Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex.

[1] The hospital has its origins in an infirmary which was opened in Market Street in Omagh in 1796.

[2] A post graduate centre for students of Queen's University Belfast was opened by Richard Needham in July 1988[2] and a new renal unit followed in August 1989.

[2] In June 2002 the then Health Minister Bairbre de Brún announced the closure of the hospital,[3] a decision which was confirmed by the new Health Minister Michael McGimpsey in January 2009.