| Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
|---|---|
| NHS Lothian | |
 Main entrance | |
  Shown in Edinburgh | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Little France, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°55′22″N 3°08′12″W / 55.9229°N 3.1366°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Edinburgh Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes[1] |
| Beds | >900 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1729 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website  |
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire.[2] The hospital moved to a new 900 bed site in 2003 in Little France. It is the site of clinical medicine teaching as well as a teaching hospital for the University of Edinburgh Medical School. In 1960 the first successful kidney transplant performed in the UK was at this hospital.[3] In 1964 the world's first coronary care unit was established at the hospital.[4] It is the only site for liver, pancreas, and pancreatic islet cell transplantation in Scotland, and one of the country's two sites for kidney transplantation.[5] In 2012, the Emergency Department had 113,000 patient attendances, the highest number in Scotland.[6] It is managed by NHS Lothian.
- ^ "Edinburgh & Lothians Emergency Medicine Website". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "In Coming Days" The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Souvenir Brochure 1942
- ^ "History of Kidney Transplantation". www.edren.org. University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "World's first coronary care unit". British Heart Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Transplant Units". NHS Blood and Transplant. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: Emergency Department". Edinburgh Emergency Medicine. Retrieved 3 August 2014.