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The hospital has its origins in Southfield House, a building situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve, [2] which was designed by John Chesser in the Scottish baronial style. [3] It opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1875 [ 4 ] and became part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1920s. [ 5 ]
Duncan wanted to establish a hospital in Edinburgh that would care for the mentally ill of the city and after launching an appeal in 1792 a grant of £2,000 was approved by Parliament in 1806. [2] A royal charter was granted by King George III in 1807 and the facility was then established as a public body. [3]
The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a hospital that specialises in paediatric healthcare based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The hospital replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (the Sick Kids) in Sciennes. It forms part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus in the Edinburgh BioQuarter at Little France.
Royal Arms carving over the main entrance. The hospital, which opened at 7 Lauriston Lane in 1860, was the first dedicated children's hospital in Scotland. [1] It received a royal charter in 1863, when it moved to the Meadowside House. [2] The conversion of the house into a hospital was carried out by the architect David Macgibbon. [3]
Accident and emergency departments are located within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, St. John's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Performance has been rated the poorest in Scotland. Only 89.4 per cent of emergency patients were treated or admitted within four hours in November 2017. [7]
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire. [ 2 ]
In 1853 a new surgical hospital was built between the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Infirmary Street and Surgeon’s Hall, containing 19 beds for eye patients. [2] The eye facilities were moved to the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Lauriston Place in 1870, and were expanded and moved to the purpose-built Moray Pavilion in 1903.
It became known as the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital in 1846. [7] In 1879, using funds collected to commemorate Sir James Young Simpson's contribution to obstetrics, a purpose-built maternity hospital was opened in Edinburgh, to provide a facility where the poor could access medical supervision for childbirth. [4]