Work on Glasgow's New South Glasgow Hospital has taken a significant step forward as building work on the new lab facility reaches full height.
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon took
part in the 'topping out' ceremony at the site.
Covering approximately 25,000 square meters the new 'super' lab
will serve the whole of the south of the city.
The lab is just one part of the £842 million publicly funded
project which will see an integrated children's and adult hospital
built on the site of the current Southern General.
With 1,109 beds, the adult hospital will sit alongside a 256 bed
children's hospital, providing maternity, paediatric and acute
services on a single site. The lab will link to the main hospital
via a subterranean tunnel.
Ms Sturgeon said:
"The new Southern General is Scotland's biggest ever hospital
building project and will be entirely publicly-funded.
"This major investment shows that despite the significant cuts to
Scotland's capital budget the Scottish Government is continuing to
prioritise spending on our NHS to improve patient care.
"The completion of the lab building is just the first step in this
exciting journey for patients across the West of Scotland.
"Centralising services for all ages on a single site will ensure
that everyone can access the widest possible range of specialist
services and will also bring with it increased efficiency, shorter
waiting times and better continuity of care."
Source: Scottish
Government