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Article: ROYAL INFIRMARY GOES UP FOR SALE
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- December 28, 1999
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EDINBURGH'S historic Royal Infirmary is to be put up for sale in
the New Year -almost 18 months after it was due to be sold.
Lothian University Hospitals Trust today revealed they will put
Scotland's second biggest hospital on the open market to get the
best possible price for the health service.
And that price is likely to run into several millions - with the
buyer likely to turn the site into housing.
SNP Lothians list MSP Margo MacDonald has asked the trust to
consider using the site for student accommodation.
Lothian Health Board chairman Margaret Ford is keen for part of
the main building to be transformed into a museum of medicine.
The infirmary should have been sold in August 1998 ...