Changing face of healthcare shown in PRI centenary celebrations
ByThe Courier Reporter
Liz McNiven, catering and conference administrator at PRI, is pictured with some of the exhibits.
An exhibition to mark a century of medicine at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI) was opened to the public.
The exhibition will run throughout July and launches NHS Tayside’s celebrations to mark PRI’s 100-year anniversary. It features photographs and historical medical equipment and can be viewed in the hospital’s dining room.
PRI was opened on July 10 1914 by King George V and Queen Mary, with the king invited to plant a copper beech tree, which still stands near the hospital’s Taymount Terrace entrance.
Over the years, there have been many changes to the original hospital. A maternity block was added in 1975 and a care of the elderly unit in 1981, while a new ward block was opened in 1993.
NHS Tayside’s Mark Scholes said the centenary was “an important milestone” and he hoped many people would visit the exhibition.
“The staff who have worked at the hospital in the past and those who currently work at PRI have provided vital care to the local community over the past 100 years,” he added.
