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The infirmary received a Royal Charter from George II in 1736 which gave it its name of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [12] and commissioned William Adam to design a new hospital on a site close by to the original building, on what later became Infirmary Street. In 1741 the hospital moved the short distance to the not yet completed building ...
In 1834 a separate Eye Infirmary was founded. Departments for Ear, Nose and Throat were subsequently added in 1883 to form the Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1922 the Infirmary and Dispensary amalgamated to combined premises on Cambridge Street. [2] In 1853 a new surgical hospital was built between the Royal Infirmary of ...
Britain's first ante-natal clinic began at this site in 1915, to be followed, in 1926, by a post-natal clinic when the facility amalgamated with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. [ 10 ] The new Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, which was designed by Thomas W. Turnbull in the classical style, opened in 1939. [ 11 ]
Mothers and newborn babies came to harm because of staffing shortages and a "toxic" culture at Edinburgh's maternity unit, according to a whistleblowing investigation seen by BBC News. NHS Lothian ...
He was the first holder of that post to conduct a course of lectures on midwifery. In 1755 he financed the setting up of a lying-in ward in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the first of its kind in Scotland and one of the first in Britain. In addition to lectures to medical students he gave lectures to midwives, and provided certification for ...
The building, which was designed by Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall, formed part of the first phase of the intended re-development of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [a] and was built between 1976 [2] and 1981. [3] The Edinburgh Dental Institute moved to the building from Chambers Street in 1997. [3]
Lauriston is the former location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which moved to the area in 1879 in search of fresher air at the edge of the city. [1] Rather than build entirely new facilities, the Infirmary incorporated George Watson's Hospital into the new David Bryce-designed complex. [2]
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Henry Johnston Scott Matthew FRCPE (22 March 1914 – 7 April 1997) was a Scottish physician and toxicologist in charge of the Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre from 1964 and Director of the Scottish Poisons Information Bureau from 1965. [ 1 ]