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Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

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name	Princess Royal Maternity Hospital
org_group	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
image	M8 Motorway, Glasgow - geograph.org.uk - 2930380.jpg
caption	The new maternity hospital
location	Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, Scotland
healthcare	NHS Scotland
type	Specialist
speciality	Maternity
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founded	1834
website
pushpin_map	Scotland Glasgow
pushpin_map_caption	Shown in Glasgow
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| h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface = 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. 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.

History

Remains of the demolished Rottenrow building

The hospital was founded in Greyfriars Wynd as the Glasgow Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary in 1834. 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.

The hospital moved to St Andrew's Square in 1841 and to Rottenrow in 1860. New buildings were erected on the Rottenrow site in 1881.

A West End branch opened in St. Vincent Street in 1888, An extension was added in 1908

The West End branch closed in 1941 after it was damaged in an air raid and a new out-patients department opened in 1955. The title "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital" was adopted in 1960.

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. The new facility was named the "Princess Royal Maternity Hospital".

Meanwhile, the Rottenrow building was acquired and demolished by the University of Strathclyde. The university re-opened the site as Rottenrow Gardens in October 2003.

References

"History of Glasgow".
(4 February 2009). "Records of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland".
"Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow".
Pickstone, John V.. (1985). "Medicine and Industrial Society: A History of Hospital Development in Manchester and Its Region, 1752-1946". Manchester University Press.
(2014). "Central Glasgow Through Time". Amberley Publishing.
"Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital".
(9 October 2001). "Rottenrow makes way for the future".
(20 April 2004). "Modernising Maternity Services: Outcome of Consultation". Greater Glasgow NHS Board.
"Lost Glasgow: Rottenrow hospital".
"Rottenrow Garden - University of Strathclyde".

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