Tor-na-Dee Hospital

Tor-Na-Dee Hospital was a health facility at Milltimber, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Tor-Na-Dee Hospital
Tor-Na-Dee Hospital
Shown in Aberdeen
Geography
LocationMilltimber
Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates57.1078°N 2.2266°W / 57.1078; -2.2266
History
Opened1899
Closed2002
Links
Other linksList of hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital, which was established as part of an initiative by Dr Alexander Stewart to provide services to patients suffering from rheumatism, opened as Deeside Hydropathic Hospital in November 1899.[1] It became the Tor-Na-Dee Sanitorium (meaning Hill by the River Dee) in 1918.[2]

An east wing was opened in 1920 and the hospital was acquired by the Red Cross in 1945.[2] After joining the National Health Service in 1955,[3] it became the Tor-Na-Dee Hospital in 1960.[2] Further extensions included the Roxburghe House palliative care unit which opened in 1977 and a day care unit for cancer patients which opened in 1990.[4] The hospital closed in 2002[2] and the building was subsequently converted into apartments as part of the Woodland Grove development.[5]

From 1939 to 1957 the sanatorium was under the charge of Dr Robert Young Keers FRSE.[6]

References
  1. "Tor-Na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber - Planning Brief" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "Records of Tor-na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Tor-Na-Dee Hospital, Milltimber". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. "Tor-na-dee Hospital and Roxburghe House through the years". Evening Express. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. "Dedication to doctor who founded former North-east hospital". Aberdeen Evening Express. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. "Obituary: R. Y. Keers". British Medical Journal. 1 January 1983. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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