Woodend Hospital | |
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NHS Grampian | |
Geography | |
Location | Eday Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 57°08′54″N 2°10′24″W / 57.1484°N 2.1732°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Community |
Affiliated university |
University of Aberdeen Robert Gordon University Queen Margaret University |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
Links | |
Website | NHS Grampian- Woodend Hospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Woodend Hospital is a health facility located in the Woodend area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.
The hospital, which was designed by Brown & Watt, opened as the Old Mill Poorhouse and Infirmary in May 1907. [1] It became a military hospital during the First World War. [1] The hospital was taken over by Aberdeen Town Council and reopened as Woodend Municipal Hospital in October 1927. [1] A special block was erected for the treatment of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia and similar cases. [2] A new nurses' home was added in 1936 [1] and the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] During the 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak, over 400 cases were diagnosed and the patients were quarantined at the City Hospital and Woodend Hospital, although no fatalities resulted. [3] [4]
The hospital provides outpatient services, elective orthopaedic surgery, rehabilitation and care of the elderly services. [5] DOME, the Department of Medicine for the Elderly, which forms a base for University of Aberdeen geriatric medicine students is located at the hospital. [5] Several out-patient clinics are also based at the hospital. [6]