Ballamona Hospital

Ballamona Hospital was an asylum located in Braddan, Isle of Man. It was known as the Isle of Man Lunatic Asylum until 1934 when it became the Isle of Man Mental Hospital. From 1955 it was known as Ballamona Hospital.[1]

It was built in 1868, then called the Mental Hospital, and 76 patients were admitted. In 1925 there were 254 patients at the hospital with a further 65 at the nearby Home for the Poor.[2]

In 1948, there were 345 beds, and it had a farm and market gardens where patients worked. There was an annexe, Ard Aalin, for voluntary patients. It was renamed Ballamona Hospital on the establishment of the health service.[3]

It was demolished in 1998, to make way make way for the new Noble's Hospital installations.[4]

  1. ^ "Isle of Man Ballamona Hospital" (PDF). Isle of Man Public Record Office. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Ballamona Hospital, Strang, Braddan". Manx Notebook. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ Gellion, Donald (2008). Birth of a Service. Isle of Man. Retrieved 31 May 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Isle of Man Public Record Office" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2022.