Drone video shows site of Scotland's most advanced hospital
It begins by highlighting the location of neighbouring Caldervale High School to enable orientation by the viewer.
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Fiona Cowan, MRP Clinical Lead for Nursing, said: 'It's inspiring to see the vast extent of the site and envisage where services and facilities will appear as Scotland's most advanced hospital takes shape.
'As the camera flies across the landscape, captions pop up to show where future landmarks will be, including multi-storey and surface car parks, offering twice the number of spaces than the existing hospital.
'We see the part of the site that will host a huge energy centre that will help drive our vision to create Scotland's first net zero hospital and power our ambitions for a fully digital facility.
'The public and our staff can see the location of the wards. Then there's the emergency department, which will be working in tandem with a trailblazing 'assessment village' concept under our revolutionary model of care.
An aerial view of the hospital design (Image: NHS Lanarkshire)
'Other areas pointed out include critical care, which is among the services that will benefit from our clinical design advancements – supporting patients from all specialties who need enhanced levels of care and life support, and ensuring people at their sickest are looked after by the clinical teams with the right specialist knowledge.
'Monklands is the home of cancer care in Lanarkshire so the area where the new cancer unit will be built is also highlighted.'
As the drone sweeps above, viewers can also catch a glimpse of the site compound and the heavy plant currently undertaking enabling works.
One million cubic metres of earth will be moved by MRP construction partner Laing O'Rourke as land is levelled off to provide a platform for the new hospital.
The MRP is currently completing its final business case for Scottish Government approval, opening the way for hospital construction to start ahead of a scheduled opening in 2031.
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