Royal Alexandra Hospital (Paisley)
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The Royal Alexandra Hospital is the main hospital in Paisley
serving a large catchment area as much as 200 000 from Renfrewshire, stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll The hospital is owned and run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, previously NHS Argyll & Clyde. The hospital was officially opened by Princess Alexandria in May 1988.
The hospital contains the only consultant-led maternity unit for the whole South Clyde area, after this was done away with at Inverclyde Royal Hospital
.. Both Inverclyde Royal and Vale of Leven retain midwife-led community maternity units. The hospital also received some re-located services from Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria as part of a shuffle. Nonetheless, other services from this hospital will re-locate to Southern General in Glasgow to help balance this out fairly.
, including one of the suspects who was taken to the hospital under arrest with severe burns. Parts of the hospital were later evacuated when a suspect device, originally believed to be a suicide belt, was discovered on the suspect. On the afternoon of 1 July a controlled explosion
of a car was carried out in the car park of the hospital.
Paisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
serving a large catchment area as much as 200 000 from Renfrewshire, stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll The hospital is owned and run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, previously NHS Argyll & Clyde. The hospital was officially opened by Princess Alexandria in May 1988.
Facilities
Royal Alexandra provides the local catchment area with many services. These include: an A&E department; Psychiatric; general medical and surgical services; trauma and emergency surgery centre and a children's ward.The hospital contains the only consultant-led maternity unit for the whole South Clyde area, after this was done away with at Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Inverclyde Royal Hospital, which opened in 1979, is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a large population area of 125 000 consisting of Inverclyde , Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula...
.. Both Inverclyde Royal and Vale of Leven retain midwife-led community maternity units. The hospital also received some re-located services from Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria as part of a shuffle. Nonetheless, other services from this hospital will re-locate to Southern General in Glasgow to help balance this out fairly.
July 2007, Glasgow Airport bombing
The hospital received patients from the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
The 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack was a terrorist attack which occurred on Saturday 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven into the glass doors of the Glasgow International Airport terminal and set ablaze...
, including one of the suspects who was taken to the hospital under arrest with severe burns. Parts of the hospital were later evacuated when a suspect device, originally believed to be a suicide belt, was discovered on the suspect. On the afternoon of 1 July a controlled explosion
Controlled explosion
A controlled explosion is a method for detonating or disabling a suspected explosive device.Methods which are used to set off a controlled explosion include emptying out the area and moving the package into a confined space such as a telephone booth.Another classic method of controlled explosion...
of a car was carried out in the car park of the hospital.