This housed 44 beds and separate operating theatres, along with a substantial outpatient department on the ground floor.

[3] The current building, which was designed by Alison & Hutchison, formed part of the first phase of the intended re-development of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh[a] and was built between 1965 and 1969.

The departments at the Moray Pavilion and the Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary were amalgamated at the new site.

Brown had received treatment there himself in the 1970s after suffering a detached retina of his right eye in a game of rugby.

[7] NHS Lothian announced in July 2018 that a full business case would be developed with a view to moving the eye department to new premises at the BioQuarter campus adjacent to the current Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site at Little France.