Foresterhill

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Foresterhill is an area in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals, as well as the medical school and medical science departments of the University of Aberdeen. It is the largest hospital complex in Europe^{[citation needed]}

Foresterhill is situated at the highest point in the city, a site identified by Professor Matthew Hay in 1900. He had the vision of an integrated medical campus, with a combined hospital and medical school for the City of Aberdeen.

The site has its own helicopter landing site which is kept busy, in part due to the hospitals' large rural catchment area, and also to the North Sea oil industry.

Contents 1 Hospitals at Foresterhill 2 Notable University buildings at Foresterhill 3 Other buildings at Foresterhill 4 See also

[edit] Hospitals at Foresterhill

• Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
• Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
• Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

[edit] Notable University buildings at Foresterhill

• Institute of Medical Sciences
• Institute of Applied Health Sciences
• Medico-Chirurgical Hall
• Polwarth Building — main building of Aberdeen Medical School
• Westburn Centre

[edit] Other buildings at Foresterhill

• Blood Transfusion Centre — run by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
• The National Hyperbaric Centre

[edit] See also

• Matthew Hay