Royal Hospital for Children

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The Royal Hospital for Sick Children was an NHS Scotland hospital in Yorkhill, Glasgow, specialising in paediatric healthcare. It was commonly referred to simply as Yorkhill or "Sick Kids". The hospital provided care for newborn babies right up to children around 13 years of age, including a specialist Accident and Emergency facility and the only Donor Milk Banking facility in Scotland. The hospital closed in June 2015, with services transferring to the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, one of the hospitals build on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus on the Southside of the city. The hospital building at Yorkhill has since reopened as the West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital.HistoryThe hospital was originally completed at Garnethill in 1882 and opened on 20 December as the Hospital for Sick Children. It took almost 22 years to come to fruition due to a dispute with the University of Glasgow regarding a suitable site.When opened, the hospital had 58 beds. It was funded by charitable donations. On 8 January 1883, the hospital admitted its first patient, a 5-year-old boy with curvature of the spine. A further 16 beds were added in 1887 when Thomas Carlyle converted a house next door into an annexe. The hospital was given Royal patronage in 1889 when the prefix was added to its title.