Work gets under way at hospital

WORK has started on the 450-home, £100 million residential redevelopment of the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site near Montrose.

Almost two years after permission was granted for the 64-acre site, developers have embarked on the first phase in a 10-year project. The work to transform the grounds of the near 240-year-old asylum is expected to create 50 new jobs.

The development i s being led by Sunnyside Estates Ltd, a joint venture between local company Pert-Bruce Construction and Edinburgh-based luxury developer FM Group.

The f ormer hospital building overlooking the village of Hillside will remain the centrepiece and is to be converted into 10 townhouses and 24 flats.

Two new developments of homes, The Woods and The Orchard, will be built in the hospital grounds.

Developers are in talks with the local community trust over plans for the original recreation hall. A network of walkway and cycle routes will run through the landscaped and mature woodland areas.

Craig Bruce of PertBruce Construction said: “We are passionate about building quality developments that preserve our country’s heritage.”

The site is now sealed off for construction and t h e d e v e l o p e r s h av e asked locals and dogs walkers to steer clear for their own safety. A DUNDEE student has tapped into a new method of making medical models.

And it has been hailed such a realistic design that the piece is to become standard studying material for future consultant physicians.

Masters student Renske Hoste designed a model of a spinal tap. And her 3D work of a lumbar puncture – a common but invasive procedure which sees a thin needle inserted between the bones in the lower spine is impressing medical experts.

Renske, a medical art student from Holland, A MAN tussled with staff at a cit y hospita l a nd threatened to stab them in the neck after he was told his girlfriend was allergic to penicillin.

Thomas Anderson, 21, struggled with Kings Cross Hospital doctor Gordon Stewart when he was unhappy at being “ushered out” of a treatment room.

Dundee Sheriff Court was told that Anderson, of Arthurstone Terrace, had attended at the hospital with his girlfriend after she had complained of tonsillitis.

When doctors explained they could not provide the drug and asked the couple to leave, he lashed out at Dr Stewart and struggled with him in the hospital.

He told both the doctor and lead nurse Catherine Carrie: “If I ever see you again you’re getting stabbed in the neck.”

Anderson’s solicitor David Sinclair said: “He is a first-time offender and a relatively young man.

“He had attended with his now ex-girlfriend at the out-of-hours at Kings Cross Hospital as she was