Perth Royal Infirmary
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Perth Royal Infirmary is a district hospital in Perth
. The Royal Infirmary, administered by NHS Tayside
, caters for both the city and wider Perth & Kinross area, with a population around 182 000, being served by the hospital.
The current Perth Royal Infirmary (also known as the New Infirmary) was built on a site on Glasgow Road between 1912 and 1914. An extension containing operating theatres and kitchens was added between 1934 and 1935. The most recent addition to the Royal Infirmary was the inclusion of the A&E department in 1993. This was to replace the Perth County and City Infirmary which had been in existence since 1838. The former site became a Red Cross hospital and later the home of Perth County Council for at least 50 years until it was converted into the main city library in 1991.
The Royal Infirmary has been a University Teaching Hospital since 2006 and is now run by NHS Tayside
.
The archives of Perth Royal Infirmary are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee
as part of the NHS Tayside
Archives.
, called "Hospital Link", started in April 2008 to relieve car parking problems at the hospitals.
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
. The Royal Infirmary, administered by NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross areas. NHS Tayside is headquartered in Clepington Road, Dundee...
, caters for both the city and wider Perth & Kinross area, with a population around 182 000, being served by the hospital.
History
Perth Royal infirmary has its origins in the Perth City and County Infirmary, which was completed in 1838 and opened to patients on 1st October of that year. This Grecian style building was designed by William Macdonald Mackenzie, with the original cost of the land and buildings being £6812-15-3 ½ . The building of the hospital was funded by various contributions and subscriptions and the hospital contiuned to be supported by congregational collections, donations from individuals and by a number of legacies. the building was expanded and altered a number of times, but in 1914 the hospital moved to larger premises. The old hospital building is now the home of the A.K. Bell Library.The current Perth Royal Infirmary (also known as the New Infirmary) was built on a site on Glasgow Road between 1912 and 1914. An extension containing operating theatres and kitchens was added between 1934 and 1935. The most recent addition to the Royal Infirmary was the inclusion of the A&E department in 1993. This was to replace the Perth County and City Infirmary which had been in existence since 1838. The former site became a Red Cross hospital and later the home of Perth County Council for at least 50 years until it was converted into the main city library in 1991.
The Royal Infirmary has been a University Teaching Hospital since 2006 and is now run by NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross areas. NHS Tayside is headquartered in Clepington Road, Dundee...
.
The archives of Perth Royal Infirmary are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee
University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on eastern coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland and with a small number of institutions elsewhere....
as part of the NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross areas. NHS Tayside is headquartered in Clepington Road, Dundee...
Archives.
Services
The hospital provides an A&E department; General Surgery; elderly medicine; surgical urology; day care gynaecology, general medicine and cardiology.Hospital Extensions
A new 10 bed Macmillan cancer hospice costing £4.5 million is scheduled to open in 2009. The development will see the demolition of the listed Cornwall House for the use of the site. A £2 million dialysis unit and £1.7 million haematology and oncology facility for cancer treatment are also to be built, opening sometime during summer 2009.Hospital Radio
Hospital Radio Perth has been serving the Royal Infirmary and Murray Royal Hospital since 1989, prior to which they had been no hospital radio service in existence on the site. Hospital Radio Perth are the winners of the UK Hospital Radio of the Year award four times 1996, 1997 1999 and 2007, making them one of the most successful stations in operation in the UK. .Public transport
Perth Royal Infirmary is roughly one mile from the city centre. There are some bus services that run to the hospital, which are all provided by Stagecoach: the No.1 service stops right outside the hospital. A new bus link between P.R.I. and the other main Tayside hospital, Ninewells HospitalNinewells Hospital
Ninewells Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, based on the western edge of Dundee, Scotland. It is internationally renowned for introducing laparoscopic surgery to the UK as well as being a leading centre in developing fields such as the management of cancer, medical...
, called "Hospital Link", started in April 2008 to relieve car parking problems at the hospitals.