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Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Coordinates 55°03′06″N 3°35′21″W / 55.0517°N 3.5891°W / 55.0517; -3.5891 ( Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
The hospital moved to High Dock in 1778 before becoming the Dumfries and Galloway Infirmary in 1785 and the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in 1807. [2] Dr William Scott administered sulphuric ether , in the first use of anesthetics in the United Kingdom, at the High Dock facility in 1846. [ 3 ]
The board was established following the dissolution of several NHS trusts which provided healthcare services in the Dumfries and Galloway area: Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust and Dumfries and Galloway Primary Care NHS Trust, all of which were established in the 1990s and dissolved between 1999 and 2003.
The hospital was commissioned to replace the Garrick and Dalrymple hospitals in Stranraer and is located on the site of part of the Dalrymple hospital, adjacent to the Waverley Medical Centre. [1] It opened on a partial basis in September 2006, [2] with the renal unit opening in April 2007. [3]
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, one of the largest acute hospital campuses in Europe. [1] [2]The following is a list of acute, general district, and mental health hospitals currently open and operational in Scotland, organised into each of the 14 regional health boards of NHS Scotland.
The facility was financed by a large legacy from Thomas Hope, a retailing entrepreneur who had worked in the United States. [1] It was designed by John Henry Townsend Wodd in the Jacobean style and opened as the Thomas Hope Hospital for the Poor in 1897. [2]
The facility has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital which opened in 1904. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] An extension was created by demolishing an adjacent smallpox hospital in the 1970s. [1]
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