Ayrshire Central Hospital

Ayrshire Central Hospital, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

History
The hospital was in existence in 1945, and births are recorded in 2003.

Flooding incident
On 1 December 2005 the maternity building was flooded by a burst water tank. The flooding threatened the special care baby unit and took fire crews from Dreghorn, Kilwinning and Kilmarnock 3 hours to control.

Maternity and neonatal units
Until 2006 the hospital provided neonatal intensive and special care associated with in-patient maternity services. Births at the hospital were often those that could involve complications; uncomplicated births were usually at home or at the nearby Buckredden Maternity Home in Kilwinning. . People who were born in the area are often interested in the hospital for geneaological reasons.

Ayrshire Paediatric services were centralised at Crosshouse in July 2006.

Maternity services moved to the new Ayrshire Maternity Unit at Crosshouse Hospital in August 2006.

Famous births
People born in the Irvine Central Hospital include Clyde 1 presenter Suzie McGuire (4 June 1973).

Donations
Ayrshire Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) were based at the Irvine Central Hospital until August 2006. They received a donation of 250 GBP from the Great Priory of Scotland on 4 March 2005. The Children's Ward was supported by the Pride of Cunninghame Lodge.

Trivia
Ayrshire Central Hospital hosts mobile telephony equipment of Vodafone, but the company proposed (sometime between 2005 and 2006) to replace it with newer 3G towers at another location.