Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital
| Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital | |
|---|---|
| NHS Lothian | |
 Former Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital | |
  Shown in Edinburgh | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°57′17″N 3°9′56″W / 55.95472°N 3.16556°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1925 |
| Closed | 1988 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
The Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital was a maternity hospital in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2]
History[edit]
The hospital was established with surplus funds arising from disbandment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, an organisation which had been formed by Elsie Inglis and which had sent hospital units to France, Serbia, Russia, Corsica and Greece during the First World War.[3] The 20-bed hospital opened in July 1925.[3][4] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[3] After services transferred to the Eastern General Hospital, despite public protests about the proposed closure, the facility closed in 1988.[3] Following assurances that another maternity unit in the city would be named after Inglis, one journalist suggested renaming the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People after her.[5]
The original maternity facility subsequently re-opened as a private nursing home and nursery,[5] but following an investigation into the death of a 59-year-old woman, it closed again in 2011.[6] The building was converted and the site is now occupied by residential properties.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "EH8 8HT - Check My Postcode". checkmypostcode.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital". Lothian Health Service Archive. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Elsie Inglis". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Scottish doctor found first human coronavirus case in 1960s". The National. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Elsie Inglis Nursing Home in Edinburgh closes down". BBC News. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Caring from the home front to the front line". Poppy Scotland. 28 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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