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Bangour Hospital
Bangour General Hospital was a psychiatric hospital near Dechmont in West Lothian, Scotland. It was one of Scotland's largest mental health hospitals, with a capacity of around 1,000 patients.

The hospital opened in 1906 as the West Lothian District Asylum, and was later renamed Bangour Village Hospital. It finally became Bangour General Hospital in 1955.

The hospital closed in 2004, following the publication of the Scottish Parliament's inquiry into mental health services in Scotland. The inquiry, chaired by Dr Andrew McCulloch, found that mental health services in Scotland were "in crisis", and that Bangour Hospital was "not fit for purpose".

For years after it was considered a hounted place and visited by thrill-seeking tourists. Shortly after closure it become a set of the holywood s-f production 'The Jacket'. The plot of the film revolved around unhuman experiments in psychiatric hospital, what undaubtfuly was partially a source of these urban stories.

The hospital was demolished in 2013, and the site is now being developed into a new residential area.
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