Important Dates
- 1834 - Glasgow Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary Founded in Greyfriars Wynd
- 1841 - Moved to St Andrews Square
- 1860 - Moved to Rottenrow
- 1880/81 - New Buildings Erected on Rottenrow site
- 1888 - West End Branch Opened
- 1888 - Murdoch Cameron performed world's first modern Caesarean section
- 1908 - Extension Added
- 1914 - Title "Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital" was granted
- 1926 - Clinical laboratory opened
- 1928 - Nurses home opened
- 1941 - West End Branch Closed
- 1955 - New out patient department opened
- 1960 - Title "Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital" adopted
- 2001 - Moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary in new building
- 2002 - Demolition of the Rottenrow building by the University of Strathclyde
- 2003 - Rottenrow site re-opens as Rottenrow Gardens
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