Foresterhill
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| Foresterhill[1] | |
  Foresterhill[1] shown within Scotland |
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| Population | Not applicable |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Council area | City of Aberdeen |
| Lieutenancy area | Aberdeen |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ABERDEEN |
| Postcode district | AB24 |
| Dialling code | 01224 |
| Police | Grampian |
| Fire | Grampian |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Aberdeen North |
| Scottish Parliament | North East Scotland |
| Aberdeen Central | |
| Website: aberdeencity.gov.uk | |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • Aberdeen | |
Foresterhill[1] is an area in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital), as well as the medical school and medical science departments of the University of Aberdeen. It is the largest hospital complex in the whole of Europe[2]
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.[3]
The site has its own helicopter landing site due to the hospitals' roles as tertiary hospitals for the North of Scotland and the rurality of Grampian as a catchment area.
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[edit] Hospitals at Foresterhill
[edit] Buildings at Foresterhill
[edit] Notable university buildings
- Institute of Medical Sciences
- Institute of Applied Health Sciences
- Medico-Chirurgical Hall
- Polwarth Building — main building of Aberdeen Medical School
- Westburn Centre — clinical skills training building
[edit] Other buildings
- Blood Transfusion Centre — run by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
- The National Hyperbaric Centre
 The main entrance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
 Medical wards at the Infirmary |
May2005.jpg/90px-RoyalAberdeenChildrensHospital(ValVannet)May2005.jpg) The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Map of Foresterhill, provided by NHS Grampian
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sometimes written as Forresterhill
- ^ University of Aberdeen (2006-08-01). First step towards state-of-the-art medical teaching and learning centre.
- ^ Gorsky M (2004). "‘Threshold of a New Era’: The Development of an Integrated Hospital System in Northeast Scotland, 1900–39". Social History of Medicine 17 (2): 247–267. doi:.
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