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]
| Princess Royal Maternity Hospital | |
|---|---|
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
 The new maternity hospital | |
  Shown in Glasgow | |
| 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 | www |
History
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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]
References
edit- ^ "History of Glasgow". www.electricscotland.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Records of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland". www.archives.gla.ac.uk. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Pickstone, John V. (1985). Medicine and Industrial Society: A History of Hospital Development in Manchester and Its Region, 1752-1946. Manchester University Press. pp. 51–54. ISBN 9780719018091.
- ^ a b c d e f "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital". rcpsg.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Dunn, Etta (2014). Central Glasgow Through Time. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4456-3870-6.
- ^ Williamson, Elizabeth; Riches, Anne; Higgs, Malcolm (2005). Glasgow. New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]: Yale Univ. Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-300-09674-3.
- ^ "Rottenrow makes way for the future". HeraldScotland. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Modernising Maternity Services: Outcome of Consultation" (PDF). Greater Glasgow NHS Board. 20 April 2004. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "Lost Glasgow: Rottenrow hospital". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Leitch, John. "Rottenrow Garden - University of Strathclyde". www.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.