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Healthcare – Hospitals & Infirmaries

Healthcare – Hospitals & Infirmaries

Until 150 years ago hospitals were rare and even critically ill or seriously injured people were normally treated at home. The first public health care in Kilmarnock for instance didn't appear till 1826, when the four local doctors set up a Dispensary for the Sick Poor in Ward Park (now Dundonald Road). Free treatment was given to those unable to pay a doctor's fees.

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