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| '''Borders General ] (BGH)''', operated since 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melrose.bordernet.co.uk/bgh/|title=Borders General Hospital on the Melrose Bordernet site}}</ref> by ], is on the outskirts of ]. It created over 1000 jobs and has 328 beds. It offers a wide range of treatments, and has an Accident and Emergency department and a Macmillan Cancer Unit. | '''Borders General ] (BGH)''', operated since 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melrose.bordernet.co.uk/bgh/|title=Borders General Hospital on the Melrose Bordernet site}}</ref> by ], is on the outskirts of ]. It created over 1000 jobs and has 328 beds. It offers a wide range of treatments, and has an Accident and Emergency department and a Macmillan Cancer Unit. | ||
| The hospital was designed and built to replace the ageing and unfit "Peel Hospital" of Caddonfoot near Galashiels; the former hospital serving first as a wartime hospital (WW2) and expanded in line with NHS introduction and population expansion in the Scottish Borders. | |||
| The Borders general Hospital (locally known as the "BGH") was also home to the Scottish Borders Campus of Napier University nursing college up until their service withdrawal in 2010/11. | |||
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Revision as of 21:51, 1 November 2012
Borders General Hospital (BGH), operated since 1988 by NHS Scotland, is on the outskirts of Melrose, Scotland. It created over 1000 jobs and has 328 beds. It offers a wide range of treatments, and has an Accident and Emergency department and a Macmillan Cancer Unit. The hospital was designed and built to replace the ageing and unfit "Peel Hospital" of Caddonfoot near Galashiels; the former hospital serving first as a wartime hospital (WW2) and expanded in line with NHS introduction and population expansion in the Scottish Borders. The Borders general Hospital (locally known as the "BGH") was also home to the Scottish Borders Campus of Napier University nursing college up until their service withdrawal in 2010/11.
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55°35′44″N 2°44′31″W / 55.59556°N 2.74194°W / 55.59556; -2.74194
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