History

Opened in 1749, it was the original Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or ARI is a teaching hospital on the Foresterhill site in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is run by NHS Grampian and has around 900 beds. ARI is a tertiary referral hospital serving a population of over 600,000 across the North of Scotland...

, before this was moved to the Foresterhill

Foresterhill

Foresterhill is an area in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals , as well as the medical school and medical science departments of the University of Aberdeen...

 site.

Current Use

There are now no in-patient beds in Woolmanhill.
It now houses several out-patient and departments including Ear, Nose and Throat, Audiology

Audiology

Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Its practitioners, who treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage are audiologists. Employing various testing strategies Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , -logia) is...

, Diabetic and Physiotherapy out-patient and the genito-urinary medicine clinic. Other clinics are regularly held in the two Medical Out-Patient Departments in Woolmanhill. There is also a research unit for osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease of bones that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density is reduced, bone microarchitecture is deteriorating, and the amount and variety of proteins in bone is altered...

. Until April 2010, there was also an X-Ray and ECG department on site, but this has now closed.
Also located at Woolmanhill is the health archives department, which includes historic medical records from patients across the NHS Grampian area.