| Bridge of Earn Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The remains of the hospital | |
  Shown in Perth and Kinross | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56°20′45″N3°23′30″W / 56.3459°N 3.3916°W Coordinates: 56°20′45″N3°23′30″W / 56.3459°N 3.3916°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | District General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1939 |
| Closed | 1992 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
The Bridge of Earn Hospital was a health facility in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
The facility was designed as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities and opened in 1939. [1] It accommodated evacuees from other hospitals as well as some injured German prisoners of war during the Second World War. [1] Patients were transferred from the rehabilitation unit at Gleneagles Hotel in 1946 and from the orthopedic unit at Larbert in 1947. [1] It became part of the National Health Service in 1948.and functioned as a large general hospital with general medical, general surgical, orthopaedic and plastic surgery units. [2] Among the surgeons who worked there was Ian Scott Smillie who became an authority on knee surgery. [3] The hospital closed in 1992 and the buildings were demolished in 2006. [1] The site has since been developed as Oudenarde Village. [1] Its archives are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee. [4]
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