Hugh Boag
editor@arranbanner.co.uk
A new Accident and Emergency department is to be created at the Arran War Memorial Hospital in Lamlash significantly improving services for unscheduled care.
The new facility will double the number of patients who can be seen at the same time, from one to two, and will also add a triage area. And, in a double boost, relocating the A&E department will free up space for £100,000 worth of new state-of-the art X-ray equipment for the hospital.
Senior manager for Arran services Ruth Betley for the North Ayrshire health and social care partnership, said the move would create a ‘bigger and better space’ for the A&E and X-ray departments, which would be complete by the end of the year.