Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hairmyres Hospital


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was No consensus. There is obviously some notability here, but the article desperately needs expansion to fulfil this.  E LIMINATOR JR  18:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Hairmyres Hospital

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Non-notable hospital. It claims George Orwell wrote 1984 while there, but the hospital opened in 2001.  New England  Review Me!/ Go Red Sox! 15:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hairmyres Hospital was built Post WW2 (or thereabouts) but was a cluster of scattered buildings (some still existing) but was replaced in 2001 with the new build. A better page for Hairmyres Hospital on Wikipedia would be best. 3mgrantEK 14:34, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * TB sanatorium opened in 1919 with 250 beds on site of 1904 "reformatory for inebriates"; by 1941 there were 1,090 bed in E.M.S. hospital.(source in my earlier post, below) Orwell's publisher in US arranged a supply of Streptomycin, making him the first patient to receive it in Scotland. Having made your draft page (see Talk), you should put it on the main page. Finavon 18:37, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment No position on notability, but it's a doubly false claim, as Orwell famously composed Nineteen Eighty-Four from a primitive cottage on Jura, Scotland. --Dhartung | Talk 16:05, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed that claim from the article. I knew it was false since 1984 was written in 1948.   New England  Review Me!/ Go Red Sox! 16:31, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Article should not be removed, but expanded by local people who have more information about the hospital. The page for Monklands Hospital is a good template to follow for starters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.40.75.55 (talk) 20:51, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of notability and WP is not a directory of hospitals Corpx 04:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletions.   -- the wub  "?!"  18:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable hospital. &spades;P M C&spades; 00:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment the article is misleading in that it refers only to the current hospital. Orwell was indeed treated for pneumonia (insofar as it could be called treatment in 1947) at Hairmyres as a quick google books search will show. There are a fair number of google books hits, but apart from the (trivial) link to Orwell, most seem to be passing mentions or directory-type material. There's no end of news reporting, most - but not all - of which is the usual trivial stuff (died at Hairmyres, treated at Hairmyres...). There can be no doubt that the article could be substantially improved and enlarged. Whether it could ever amount to more than a directory entry is another matter. Angus McLellan (Talk) 07:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep: a significant local hospital (sanatorium, EMS then DGH) see and subsequent link. I think there is sufficient documentation that Orwell did write while there and that he was an early patient treated with Streptomycin. Much work required to make a useful article! Finavon 22:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per comments above. --MacRusgail 15:39, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Finavon. --Mais oui! 15:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)