Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
NHS Grampian
Main entrance to the Infirmary
Geography
Location Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Aberdeen

Robert Gordon University

Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 922
History
Founded 1737
Links
Website www.nhsgrampian.org/nhsgrampian/gra_display_hospital.jsp
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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or ARI is a teaching hospital on the Foresterhill site in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is run by NHS Grampian and has around 900 beds. ARI is a tertiary referral hospital serving a population of over 600,000 across the North of Scotland. It offers all medical specialities with the exception of heart and liver transplants.

There are close links with the University of Aberdeen's medical school and there has been pioneering research in many fields, including the development of MRI and PET scanning.


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