Foresterhill
Foresterhill is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals, 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.
Hospitals at Foresterhill
- Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
Buildings at Foresterhill
Notable university buildings
- Institute of Applied Health Sciences
- Institute of Medical Sciences
- Medico-Chirurgical Hall
- Polwarth Building — main building of Aberdeen Medical School
- Suttie Centre — Teaching & Learning Centre
- Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health
Other buildings
- Blood Transfusion Centre — run by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
- Central Stores Complex
- Foresterhill Health Centre
- National Hyperbaric Centre
- Anchor Centre for haematology, oncology and radiotherapy is on site but will be open in 2023.