Princess Royal Maternity Hospital | |
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
Geography | |
Location | Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°51′54″N 4°13′51″W / 55.8651°N 4.2308°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Maternity |
History | |
Opened | 1834 |
Links | |
Website |
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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]
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]