hospital located scotland beds operating theatres scotland largest construction project time surpassed built cost million site old opened patients operated forth valley hospital scotland ranger site job encourage use acre grounds belonging estate scotland fully robotic robots label hospital employs robots carry tasks removing waste delivering food cleaning operating theatres background forth valley royal hospital designed subsidiary cooperation builders consultation process involving local residents decided new acute hospital built replace facilities community hospitals time construction hospital scotland largest construction project cost million build provided private finance initiative arrangement built site old originally called granted royal status hoped new hospital ready medical services start transferred august patients admitted process completed june queen officially opened hospital july facilities set acres woodland hospital beds spread floors operating theatres contain mixture single rooms maximum beds ward section bed access personal television screen free charge hospital contains region accident emergency department following closure unit hospital provides services residents area stretching north south services include use staff patients visitors hospital catering establishments including shop cafe restaurant open seven days week hospital design criticised providing space storage medical files expected files stored years meantime paper medical files transferred site old old ray department hospital converted storage department cost taxi company contracted records sites hospital house radio station operates hours day seven days week staffed team volunteers founded originally broadcast old based returning opening grounds hospital set grounds old estate housed state mental hospital acres land contain walled garden woodland areas grounds transformed green oasis use hospital local community help grant hospital scotland ranger site ranger job encourage use green space promote healthy lifestyles hospital fitted large windows patients access views surrounding countryside clear days forth bridges seen tunnels discovered hospital construction thought built allow wealthy guests staying house built walk nearby transport hospital accessible public transport bus services operating main local towns shuttle bus longer runs minutes railway station free passengers train ticket station minute walk away train station large car park spaces provided free maximum stay hours bicycle racks provided cycling hospital hospital use system robotic fleet robotic vehicles operates hospital supplied maintained services company year contract provide cleaning catering maintenance services robots corridor system lifts underneath hospital navigate guidance called staff portable computer tasks removing waste delivering food cleaning operating theatres avoid risk cross contamination fleet divided robots performing clean tasks carrying dirty tasks network corridors hospital scotland fully robotic robots label estimated reducing number errors requiring staff time system cost install cut hospital drug bill instead completing forms staff order drugs computer
Forth Valley Royal Hospital