Is this hospital still about?

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:25 am

Hi,

My GF's mom died at the Royal Cancer Hospital in Glasgow, according to her dc, was it demolished?

dennis

Post by **AndrewP** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:58 am

Hi Dennis,

If I have done my homework correctly, the Royal Cancer Hospital in Glasgow became the Royal Beatson Memorial Hospital, and more recently has been replaced by the Beatson Oncology Centre, within Gartnavel Hospital.

All the best,

AndrewP

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:52 am

Hi AndrewP

I've sent off an enquiry to Gartnavel Hospital to see if they have records archived from when it was known a the RCH.

dennis

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:11 am

Dennis

It's not Gartnavel that you need to contact, but Glasgow University Archives who look after all such records from the former Strathclyde Regional Council area.

See http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6002 for the contact details.

David

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:01 pm

DavidWW wrote:Dennis

It's not Gartnavel that you need to contact, but Glasgow University Archives who look after all such records from the former Strathclyde Regional Council area.

See http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6002 for the contact details.

David

David,

This is the reply I received today from Mr. Alistair Tough:

It may be helpful if I add that the only record of burials or cremations created by hospitals usually takes the form of mortuary registers. Unfortunately these have commonly been destroyed when hospitals close. Doctors and their colleagues tend to be focussed on treating live patients. They are interested also in trying to understand what caused the death of patients. But they are rarely at all interested in the disposition of the remains. So, as a source of information about burial places and/or cremations this archive is likely to be of limited use.

dennis