The New Victoria Hospital is an ambulatory care hospital situated at

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in the south-east of

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. It is managed by

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History

The hospital, which was commissioned to replace the outpatient

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services previously provided by

Glasgow Victoria Infirmary The Glasgow Victoria Infirmary was a teaching hospital situated at Langside/ Battlefield in the south-east of Glasgow from 1880 until 2015. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. History A competition was held to design a 120-bedded ...

, was built on a site previously occupied by Queen's Park Public School. The construction work, which was carried out by

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at a cost of £100 million, began in December 2006 and was completed in early April 2009.

Services

The hospital was designed to treat around 400,000 annually. The facilities include 30 single-bed rooms with en-suite wet room and 30 rooms with four bays. There are eight operating theatres and 12 short-stay surgical beds. There is an MRI scanner and diagnostic services and specialist services such as cardiology, renal dialysis and gynaecology. The building was given an 'excellent' BREEAM rating. Features were incorporated to reduce the impact of traffic noise from the surrounding area.

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