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4 unusual facts about Royal Hospital for Sick Children


Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

In 2005, NHS Lothian decided to develop plans to move the Sick Kids from its present site to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France on the south-east edge of the city.

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

The hospital was originally completed at Garnethill in 1882 and opened on 20 December as the Hospital for Sick Children.

The hospital was suffering from a chronic lack of space by the 1900s and as a result a new site at Yorkhill was chosen for the replacement hospital building.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children located in Edinburgh is to be rebuilt on the Little France site beside the Infirmary.


NHS Lothian

Accident and emergency departments are located within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, St. John's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children


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