Big clap for teams who toiled day and night to build hospital
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SCOTLAND'S new NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital now stands clinically ready to treat coronavirus patients if required.
On Sunday construction workers at SEC Glasgow finished up building the temporary hospital, put up at pace to ensure NHS Scotland has enough capacity during the coronavirus pandemic.
It is hoped that the £43 million hospital will never be needed thanks to the public’s efforts to stay at home and other measures that are being taken to increase the number of NHS beds.
The NHS Louisa Jordan has capacity for an initial 300 patients which can be expanded to more than 1,000 beds.
Yesterday NHS staff based at the new site applauded the many contractor teams who have worked night and day on the preparations.
One of the more than 400 contractors on site was Elgin-founded Robertson Group.
A company spokesperson said yesterday: "Robertson Group was proud and humbled to see NHS employees applaud the teams behind NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow as they left site after completing the national facility to assist in the fight against COVID-19.
"Robertson and the other contractors were only doing their jobs and we want to thank all NHS employees, frontline workers and key workers for the work they are doing."
The Robertson team has created a Zoom clap for the NHS and for all of the site teams, which can be viewed here.
