Foresterhill

Foresterhill Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Fhorsair Scots: Foresterhill
Foresterhill
Foresterhill shown within the City of Aberdeen
Population	Not applicable
OS grid reference	NJ917070
Council area	City of Aberdeen
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB25, AB16
Dialling code	01224
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Aberdeen North
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeen Central
Website	aberdeencity.gov.uk
List of places UK Scotland Aberdeen 57°09′17″N 2°08′15″W / 57.1546°N 2.1374°W / 57.1546; -2.1374Coordinates: 57°09′17″N 2°08′15″W / 57.1546°N 2.1374°W / 57.1546; -2.1374

Foresterhill is an area in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital), as well as the medical school and medical science departments of the University of Aberdeen. It is the largest hospital complex in Europe.

Foresterhill is situated at the highest point in the city, a site identified by Professor Matthew Hay in 1900. He had the vision of an integrated medical campus, with a combined hospital and medical school for the City of Aberdeen.

The site has its own helicopter landing site due to the hospitals' roles as tertiary hospitals for the North of Scotland and the rurality of Grampian as a catchment area, plus this is the primary emergency hospital for the offshore industries.

From 2015, it will also be the site of the new Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health building which is currently under construction.

The main entrance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Medical wards at the Infirmary

The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

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