A maternity hospital specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth . It also provides care for newborn infants , and may act as a centre for clinical training in midwifery and obstetrics . Formerly known as lying-in hospitals, most of them, like cottage hospitals , have been absorbed into larger general hospitals , where they operate as the maternity department.
8-502: The Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital was a maternity hospital in Holyrood , Edinburgh , Scotland. The hospital was established with surplus funds arising from disbandment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service , an organisation which had been formed by Elsie Inglis and which had sent hospital units to France , Serbia , Russia , Corsica and Greece during
16-592: A number of 18th century establishments in London and Dublin . Prior to these foundations, childbirth was a domestic occasion. The term coined for these establishments, but now archaic , is "a lying-in hospital", referring to the custom of lying-in , prolonged bedrest after childbirth, better known now as postpartum confinement . The first noted lying-in hospital appears to be one founded by Sir Richard Manningham in Jermyn Street , London, in 1739 and which evolved into
24-744: The First World War . The 20-bed hospital opened in July 1925. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh . After services transferred to the Eastern General Hospital , despite public protests about the proposed closure, the facility closed in 1988. Following assurances that another maternity unit in the city would be named after Inglis, one journalist suggested renaming
32-849: The Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital . A better documented foundation is that of the Dublin Lying-In Hospital , established in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse , and which served as a model for three subsequent London foundations: the British Lying-In Hospital , a 1749 establishment in Holborn ; the 1750 City of London Lying-In Hospital , in the City ; and the General Lying-In Hospital on Westminster Bridge Road , established in 1767. A number of other such hospitals were formed in
40-543: The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People after her. The original maternity facility subsequently re-opened as a private nursing home and nursery, but following an investigation into the death of a 59-year-old woman, it closed again in 2011. The building was converted and the site is now occupied by residential properties. Maternity hospital Maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom can be traced back to
48-483: The development of specialized centers like Embrio IVF Centre . Based in Pune, India, it offers a range of fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), to support individuals and couples in their journey to parenthood. The center provides comprehensive care with a focus on advanced reproductive technologies, aiming to improve outcomes for patients facing infertility challenges This hospital-related article
56-481: The mid-18th century. All of these were run by male physicians, women being blocked from completing training as doctors until the 1870s. The first maternity hospital founded and run by a woman was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 's New Hospital for Women , which evolved from an existing dispensary in the 1770s, and was renamed in 1918 the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. Its work continues in
64-674: The modern Elizabeth Garrett Anderson maternity wing of University College Hospital , part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. The Portland Hospital in central London was created in 1983 as a private hospital , i.e. not part of the National Health Service . Also in 1983, the Rosie Hospital opened in Cambridge, next to Addenbrooke's Hospital . The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin is the largest mother-and-baby hospital in Ireland. In recent years, advancements in reproductive health have included
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