Bridge of Earn Hospital
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Bridge of Earn Hospital
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| Image = Site of Bridge of Earn Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 157414.jpg
| Location = Bridge of Earn
| Caption = The remains of the hospital
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| Region = Perth and Kinross
| State = Scotland
| Country = UK
| HealthCare = NHS
| Type = District General
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| Emergency =
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| Founded = 1939
| Closed = 1992
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| map_type = Scotland Perth and Kinross
| map_caption = Shown in Perth and Kinross
| coordinates ={{Coord|56.3459|N|3.3916|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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The Bridge of Earn Hospital was a health facility in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
History
The facility was designed as one of seven Emergency Hospital Service facilities and opened in 1939.{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/perth-and-kinross/|title=Bridge of Earn Hospital|publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=2 February 2019}} It accommodated evacuees from other hospitals as well as some injured German prisoners of war during the Second World War. Patients were transferred from the rehabilitation unit at Gleneagles Hotel in 1946 and from the orthopedic unit at Larbert in 1947. It became part of the National Health Service in 1948.and functioned as a large general hospital with general medical, general surgical, orthopaedic and plastic surgery units.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=3094&page=17|title=Bridge of Earn Hospital|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=2 February 2019}} Among the surgeons who worked there was Ian Scott Smillie who became an authority on knee surgery.{{cite book|last1=Macintyre|first1=Iain|last2=MacLaren|first2=Iain|title=Surgeons' Lives: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh : an Anthology of College Fellows Over 500 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2QeAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-9503620-9-0|page=251}} The hospital closed in 1992 and the buildings were demolished in 2006. The site has since been developed as Oudenarde Village. Its archives are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee.{{cite web|title=THB 31 Bridge of Earn Hospital|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27THB%2031%27)|work=Archive Services Online Catalogue|publisher=University of Dundee|accessdate=5 June 2015}}
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Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1939
Category:Hospitals in Perth and Kinross