Monklands (Bad nam Manach in Scottish Gaelic) was formerly (1975-96) the name of a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. In 1996 it was included in the North Lanarkshire unitary area. Monklands District File links The following pages link to this file: Monklands Categories: GFDL images ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1974 to 1996. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... North Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...
See: Subdivisions of Scotland The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ...
Monklands mansion
The Monklands was the name of the mansion where the Governor General of Canada lived from 1844 to 1849, before it was bought by nuns and turned into the Villa María girls school. Mansion near Almelo, The Netherlands A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneur général or Gouverneure générale) is the representative of the Canadian monarch. ... For the school in Montreal see Villa Maria Villa María is the third city in Córdoba Province, Argentina and seat of the General San Martín Department. ...
Monklands will be downgraded to a planned care hospital, retaining a minor injuries and illness service but not emergency medicine.
Monklands is in the Westminster constituency of Home Secretary John Reid, the former UK health secretary, while Wishaw General is in First Minister Jack McConnell's constituency.
Campaigner Elaine Smith, the Labour MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, said she was "astonished" by the decision.