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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 ]
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 University of Glasgow School of Medicine has a history dating back to its seventeenth-century beginnings. Achievements in medical science include contributions from renowned physicians such as Joseph Lister (antisepsis), George Beatson (breast cancer), John Macintyre (X-rays and radiology), William Hunter (anatomy and obstetrics) and Ian Donald (ultrasound).
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 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 next expansion of medical schools began following the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Medical Education (1965–1968) (the "Todd Report"), which called for the immediate establishment of new schools in Southampton, Leicester and Nottingham to aid medical education in the United Kingdom; [28] [29] all were built between 1970 and 1980.
The facility was created by the conversion of Townend School, which occupied a mid-19th century building, to the designs of Mr Wallace, a local architect, in 1897. [1] [2] An operating theatre was added in 1921. [1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [3]
The Western and the Glasgow Royal Infirmary hospitals accepted volunteers as nurses though students could also volunteer at hospitals overseas. Many female students signed up and received training to work as nurses including both those who were undertaking medical training at Glasgow as well as those who were not pursuing a career in medicine. [2]