Eastern General Hospital

The Eastern General Hospital was a health facility in Seafield Street in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

It was managed by NHS Lothian at its time of closure and prior to that was managed by Lothian Health Board.

[1][2] The hospital was designed by Joseph Marr Johnston and was established in 1907 by Leith Parish Council as the Leith Poorhouse.

[4] An operating theatre and accommodation for nurses was added at this point.

[6] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and developed considerable expertise in prosthetics[7] before closing in 2007.