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NHS Golden Jubilee celebrates 20 years of pioneering treatment



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For the last 20 years, the NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank has carried out pioneering treatments for Scots across the country.

Two decades ago, the former private hospital was purchased by NHS Scotland and has since carried out almost one million procedures, treating patients from every health board across the country.

Since the site was taken over in 2002, it has gained university status and the site includes a research institute, conference and training venue, the NHS Scotland Academy and the national centre for sustainable delivery.

One of the UK’s largest and most successful heart and lung services, it has carried out more than 150,000 cardiology, heart and lung surgeries.

NHS Golden Jubilee specialists have also undertaken 175 heart transplants since services transferred to the Clydebank site in 2008.

However the hospital was also impacted during the coronavirus pandemic, and took on cancer patients to help ease the load on other health boards in Scotland.

Orthopaedic surgeon Christopher Gee, joined the hospital at the start of the pandemic and was instrumental in redesigning how the service would work in the challenging months and years ahead.

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