HRH Princess
of Wales Opens the Renal Day Unit Opened in February, the building housed an area for assessing
day patients, an out-patient clinic and a haemodialysis area,
as well as parent and staff accommodation, a library and a seminar
room.
Concept for
care of the elderly
On 6th November a new ‘day hospital’ opened within
the Royal Alexandra Hospital and let its first patients in.
This day hospital for the care of the elderly was to allow for
a more flexible response to the requirements of individual patients
and ‘out patient’ multidisciplinary assessment. Its
primary functions were to assist rehabilitation and assessment,
which proved to be a useful tool in meeting healthcare needs
of the elderly in the Renfrew district.
1992
Radio Lollipop
launched at Yorkhill
Children’s play and radio service.
1993
NHS Trusts
Introduced
1994
Dept of Paediatric
Audiology at RHSC opens
One of only two of its type in the UK.
Landmark
Research
Glasgow clinicians play a lead role in landmark study which
finds that statins can significantly reduce the risk of coronary
heart disease.
First procedure
of its type in the world
Dr Neil Wilson used a diamond-tipped catheter drill to unblock
an obstructed artery in 18 months old Lisa McLean's lung.
1998
50th Anniversary
of the NHS
1998
New drug helps
treat children with Cerebral Palsy
A drug, produced from the potentially deadly Botulism virus,
is being used at YH to help treat children with cerebral palsy.
It helps to improve muscle control and walking
1999
NHS Trusts
replaced by Divisions
1999
New Dialysis Unit at the IRH Opened by Princess Alexandra on the 2nd August, the new
unit provided treatment for 6 patients simultaneously and
meant that local patients no longer had to travel to Glasgow
Hospitals.
