Maryfield Hospital

Maryfield Hospital was a hospital in Stobswell, Dundee, Scotland. Originally a poorhouse hospital it became Dundee's second main hospital after Dundee Royal Infirmary. It closed in the 1970s following the opening of Ninewells Hospital. HistoryMaryfield Hospital's origins can be traced to a poor hospital built in 1893 at the East Poorhouse, Dundee. The East Poorhouse had been built by the Parochial Board of Dundee in 1856 to the south of Clepington Road. The hospital was run by Parochial Board (later known as Dundee Parish Council). Following the abolition of parish councils in Scotland in 1929 control passed to Dundee Town Council, under whose stewardship the hospital began to focus on the fields of maternity and childcare. From 1948 it came under the control of the National Health Service and it eventually expanded to cover all of the site formerly occupied by the East Poorhouse. As a result, it became Dundee's second main hospital. From the late 1940s a number of senior doctors were transferred from Dundee Royal Infirmary to Maryfield to develop the hospital, including Jean Herring, a protégée of Margaret Fairlie, who became consultant in charge of the Gynaecology Department in 1949. A new geriatric unit was opened at the hospital by Princess Margaret in 1957. Maryfield was also the site of a pioneering general hospital psychiatric unit, under the medical direction of Sir Ivor Batchelor.

Maryfield Hospital was a hospital in Stobswell, Dundee, Scotland. Originally a poorhouse hospital it became Dundee's second main hospital after Dundee Royal Infirmary. It closed in the 1970s following the opening of Ninewells Hospital. HistoryMaryfield Hospital's origins can be traced to a poor hospital built in 1893 at the East Poorhouse, Dundee. The East Poorhouse had been built by the Parochial Board of Dundee in 1856 to the south of Clepington Road. The hospital was run by Parochial Board (later known as Dundee Parish Council). Following the abolition of parish councils in Scotland in 1929 control passed to Dundee Town Council, under whose stewardship the hospital began to focus on the fields of maternity and childcare. From 1948 it came under the control of the National Health Service and it eventually expanded to cover all of the site formerly occupied by the East Poorhouse. As a result, it became Dundee's second main hospital. From the late 1940s a number of senior doctors were transferred from Dundee Royal Infirmary to Maryfield to develop the hospital, including Jean Herring, a protégée of Margaret Fairlie, who became consultant in charge of the Gynaecology Department in 1949. A new geriatric unit was opened at the hospital by Princess Margaret in 1957. Maryfield was also the site of a pioneering general hospital psychiatric unit, under the medical direction of Sir Ivor Batchelor.