Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital
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The Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital (officially Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital) was a maternity hospital in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Scotland, and was founded in 1925 as a memorial to Elsie Inglis. The hospital backs onto Holyrood Park just east of Holyrood House.
The cost of supporting a relatively small hospital led to its closure in 1988. Maternity cover was transferred to the Eastern General Hospital which itself closed in 2007[1]. All Edinburgh hospital births are now handled by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [2][3]
At some point a nursing home opened on the site, reusing some of the old hospital buildings and retaining the name of Elsie Inglis. This was closed following a police investigation in 2011.[4].
In the 1990s a major part of the hospital was demolished with a small part refurbished into a nursery. The nursery is now joined by new housing developments on the site.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ "Century of care comes to an end as Eastern General closes". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Lothian Hospital Histories Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital". Lothian Health Service Archive.
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Elsie Inglis Nursing Home in Edinburgh closes down". BBC News. 27 May 2011.
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