Tor-Na-Dee Hospital was a health facility at Milltimber, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Tor-Na-Dee Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Milltimber Aberdeen, Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°06′28″N 2°13′36″W / 57.1078°N 2.2266°W |
History | |
Opened | 1899 |
Closed | 2002 |
Links | |
Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe hospital, which was established as part of an initiative by Dr Alexander Stewart to provide services to patients with rheumatism, opened as Deeside Hydropathic Hospital in November 1899.[1] It became the Tor-Na-Dee Sanitorium (meaning Hill by the River Dee) in 1918.[2]
An east wing was opened in 1920 and the hospital was acquired by the Red Cross in 1945.[2] After joining the National Health Service in 1955,[3] it became the Tor-Na-Dee Hospital in 1960.[2] Further extensions included the Roxburghe House palliative care unit which opened in 1977 and a day care unit for cancer patients which opened in 1990.[4] The hospital closed in 2002[2] and the building was subsequently converted into apartments as part of the Woodland Grove development.[5]
From 1939 to 1957 the sanatorium was under the charge of Dr Robert Young Keers FRSE.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Tor-Na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber - Planning Brief" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Records of Tor-na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber". University of Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Tor-Na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Tor-na-dee Hospital and Roxburghe House through the years". Evening Express. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Dedication to doctor who founded former North-east hospital". Aberdeen Evening Express. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: R. Y. Keers". British Medical Journal. 1 January 1983. Retrieved 16 January 2021.