Health in the North East: Work gets under way on new £233m hospital
The first concrete was poured on site today as work begins on the new £233million Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre project in Aberdeen.
Both facilities are being built on the Foresterhill campus on the western outskirts of Aberdeen.
The ANCHOR Centre will bring all haematology, oncology and radiotherapy day and outpatient services under one roof.
It will also provide a dedicated lounge for teenage and young adult patients as well as an aseptic pharmacy for the production of chemotherapy treatments.
Meanwhile, the Baird Family Hospital will bring together all maternity, neonatal, reproductive medicine, breast and gynaecology services. It will also house a patient hotel.
'The Baird' will be located on the site formerly occupied by the Breast Screening Centre and Foresterhill Health Centre, facing the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.
Deputy project director, Gail Thomson said: "The coming days will see the construction project, one of the biggest in the history of NHS Grampian, get fully under way.
"It really is an exciting time for everyone in the north-east who is involved and those who will benefit from this project, particularly patients and families."
