The Bridge of Earn Hospital was a health facility in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
| Bridge of Earn Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The remains of the hospital | |
  Shown in Perth and Kinross | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56°20′45″N 3°23′30″W / 56.3459°N 3.3916°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | District General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1939 |
| Closed | 1992 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe facility was designed as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities and opened in 1939.[1] It accommodated evacuees from other hospitals as well as some injured German prisoners of war during the Second World War.[1] Patients were transferred from the rehabilitation unit at Gleneagles Hotel in 1946 and from the orthopedic unit at Larbert in 1947.[1] It became part of the National Health Service in 1948.and functioned as a large general hospital with general medical, general surgical, orthopaedic and plastic surgery units.[2] Among the surgeons who worked there was Ian Scott Smillie who became an authority on knee surgery.[3] The hospital closed in 1992 and the buildings were demolished in 2006.[1] The site has since been developed as Oudenarde Village.[1] Its archives are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Bridge of Earn Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Bridge of Earn Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ Macintyre, Iain; MacLaren, Iain (2005). Surgeons' Lives: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh : an Anthology of College Fellows Over 500 Years. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-9503620-9-0.
- ^ "THB 31 Bridge of Earn Hospital". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 June 2015.