Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

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Princess Royal Maternity Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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Geography
LocationAlexandra Parade, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′54″N4°13′51″W / 55.8651°N 4.2308°W / 55.8651; -4.2308
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Type Specialist
Services
SpecialityMaternity
History
Opened1834
Links
Website www.nhsggc.org.uk/locations/hospitals/princess-royal-maternity/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Princess Royal Maternity Hospital is a maternity hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as the Glasgow Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary in 1834 in Greyfriars Wynd, just off the city's High Street. [1] It moved to St Andrew's Square in 1841, then to Rottenrow in 1860 and to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary site in 2001. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. [2]

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History

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Remains of the demolished Rottenrow building

The hospital was founded in Greyfriars Wynd as the Glasgow Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary in 1834. [3] Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long bedrest prescribed for postpartum confinement). A dispensary was a place to receive medicine; see for context the Dispensary movement in Manchester. [4]

The hospital moved to St Andrew's Square in 1841 [3] and to Rottenrow in 1860. [3] New buildings were erected on the Rottenrow site in 1881. [5]

A West End branch opened in St. Vincent Street in 1888, [5] the same year that Murdoch Cameron performed the world's first modern Caesarean section. [6] An extension was added in 1908 [5] and the title "Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital" was granted in 1914. [3] A clinical laboratory opened in 1926 [5] and a nurses' home was opened in 1928. [7]

The West End branch closed in 1941 after it was damaged in an air raid [5] and a new out-patients department opened in 1955. [5] The title "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital" was adopted in 1960. [3]

After the old building in Rottenrow had fallen into a state of disrepair, the hospital moved to a new building on the Glasgow Royal Infirmary site in October 2001. [8] The new facility was named the "Princess Royal Maternity Hospital". [9]

Meanwhile, the Rottenrow building was acquired and demolished by the University of Strathclyde. [10] The university re-opened the site as Rottenrow Gardens in October 2003. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "History of Glasgow". www.electricscotland.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Records of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland". www.archives.gla.ac.uk. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Pickstone, John V. (1985). Medicine and Industrial Society: A History of Hospital Development in Manchester and Its Region, 1752-1946. Manchester University Press. pp. 51–54. ISBN   9780719018091.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital". rcpsg.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Dunn, Etta (2014). Central Glasgow Through Time. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-4456-3870-6.
  7. ↑ Williamson, Elizabeth; Riches, Anne; Higgs, Malcolm (2005). Glasgow. New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]: Yale Univ. Press. p. 146. ISBN   978-0-300-09674-3.
  8. ↑ "Rottenrow makes way for the future". HeraldScotland. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Modernising Maternity Services: Outcome of Consultation" (PDF). Greater Glasgow NHS Board. 20 April 2004. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lost Glasgow: Rottenrow hospital". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Leitch, John. "Rottenrow Garden - University of Strathclyde". www.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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