Ninewells Hospital

The Ninewells Hospital is a hospital situated on the western edge of Dundee, Scotland at 56.4639°N, -3.03787°W.

The proposal for the hospital was put forward in May 1960 and final permission was accepted by Parliament in February 1962. The first phase of the project was due to take 6 years at a cost of £9 million. Designed by Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall and partners, the protracted construction began in August 1964. The infirmary was built onto the side of a hill and the practicalities of the design was influenced by airport check in. Phase I of the building was completed in 1973, although some sections were not finished until 1975. The final cost was estimated as £25 million. Hospital admittances started in January 1974 and the hospital was officially opened by Queen Mother on October 23 1974. At the opening ceremony, she stated "nothing that science can devise, nor money provide, will be lacking for the treatment of the patients".

The accident and emergency unit deals with 55,000 admissions - including 3,500 broken bones, 150 heart attacks and 20,000 X-rays. In addition to the hospital, there is a teaching section that includes the medical school and nursing school of University of Dundee. As such it was the second purpose built medical school in UK.

The hospital site also contains the first building in Britain designed by architect Frank Gehry, in conjunction with James F Stephen. The design was commissioned by Maggie's centres, the cancer support organisation, for their third centre at the hospital and was officially opened on September 25 2003 by Bob Geldof. Ten million pounds has been spent redesigning and overhauling the paediatric department of the hospital and, in June 2006, it was officially opened under the name Tayside Children's Hospital.