Glen O'Dee Hospital

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Glen O' Dee Hospital, nurses quarter internal corridor

The original Glen O' Dee Hospital in Banchory started its life in 1901 as Nordrach on Dee Hospital, a sanctuary for tuberculosis patients, based on a German design at Nordrach-on-Baden in Bavaria. When TB died down it served as a luxury hotel (when it became "Glen O' Dee"), but was taken over during the war to serve as a billet for troops.

Glen O' Dee Hospital front panorama

It reprised its role in contagious diseases when the typhoid epidemic hit nearby Aberdeen in the 1960s, but its last use was as a residential home for the elderly. They are now served by a smaller modern hospital in the shadow of its progenitor, and the original awaits its fate. Several attempts have been made to sell it, and it has been featured on the BBC's Restoration programme, but the original Glen O' Dee Hospital has sat empty and deteriorating since 1995.

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	Hospitals in NHS Grampian
Aberdeen	Aberdeen Maternity Hospital \| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary \| National Hyperbaric Centre \| Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital \| Royal Cornhill Hospital \| Roxburghe House \| Woodend Hospital \| Woolmanhill Hospital
Aberdeenshire	Aboyne Hospital \| Campbell Hospital \| Chalmers Hospital \| Fraserburgh Hospital \| Glen O'Dee Hospital \| Insch War Memorial Hospital \| Inverurie Hospital \| Jubilee Hospital \| Kincardine Community Hospital \| Maud Hospital \| Peterhead Community Hospital \| Turriff Cottage Hospital \| Ugie Hospital
Moray	Dr Gray's Hospital \| Fleming Cottage Hospital \| Leanchoil Hospital \| The Oaks \| Seafield Hospital \| Spynie Hospital \| Stephen Cottage Hospital \| Turner Memorial Hospital