abstract:Monklands (Bad nam Manach in Scottish Gaelic) was formerly (1975-96) one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
Ambulance services were alerted and were instructed to divert patients to neighbouring Monklands District General Hospital and Hairmyres Hospital, in East Kilbride.
About half an hour later, neighbouring Monklands Hospital was also hit by power cuts affecting lighting systems in the accident and emergency department.