Foresterhill is an area in the

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Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

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. It is the site of the city's main

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s ( Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital or RACH is a children's hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on the Foresterhill site, with the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and provides services to children across ...

and the

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (AMH) is a specialist maternity hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. Between 4,000 and 5,000 babies are born at AMH each year. The hospital is located in the Foresterhill area of Aberdeen and serves the region of Grampian a ...

), as well as the

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and medical science departments of the

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. It is the largest hospital complex in

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. Foresterhill is situated at the highest point in the city, a site identified by

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in 1900. He had the vision of an integrated medical

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, with a combined hospital and medical school for the

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. The site has its own helicopter landing site due to the hospitals' roles as

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hospitals for the North of Scotland and the rurality of Grampian as a catchment area, plus this is the primary emergency hospital for the offshore industries.

Hospitals at Foresterhill

* Aberdeen Royal Infirmary *

Buildings at Foresterhill

Notable university buildings

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

Suttie Centre The Suttie Centre is a purpose-built training centre on the Foresterhill hospital campus in Aberdeen. Facilities The Suttie Centre for Teaching & Learning in Healthcare is a partnership between the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian. Design ...

— Teaching & Learning Centre * Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

Other buildings

*Blood Transfusion Centre — run by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service *Central Stores Complex *Foresterhill Health Centre *National Hyperbaric Centre *Anchor Centre for haematology, oncology and radiotherapy is on site but will be open in 2023. Image:Aberdeen Royal Infirmary main.jpg, The main entrance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Image:Aberdeen Royal Infirmary med.jpg, Medical wards at the Infirmary Image:RoyalAberdeenChildrensHospital(ValVannet)May2005.jpg, The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

External links

Map of Foresterhill
provided by NHS Grampian

References

{{Areas of Aberdeen Areas of Aberdeen Health in Aberdeen