The 2024 lunch and AGM was held at the Royal Scots Club on April 27th
Continuing Development of the Old Surgical Hospital
Edinburgh University is currently developing this site. "The Edinburgh University's Futures Institute (EFI) located at the former RIE Surgical Hospital opened its doors in the summer after several years of refurbishment. It hosted a very successful Book Festival in August before its students started arriving for the start of the academic year.
Several of the Pelican League Trustees were invited to join in a moving dedication service marking the transition of the building from a hospital to a place of academia.
The building is open to anyone wishing to visit . The former A & E department is now a cafe and restaurant called "The Canopy" "
Link to our notice board to see more photos. If you're interested, further information is available on their website: efi.ed.ac.uk/vision
Pelican Nurses' League
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
The League membership comprises nurses who trained at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) School of Nursing, (latterly the South Lothian College of Nursing) prior to 1987, who successfully passed the final examination and were admitted to the General Part of the Register maintained by the General Nursing Council for Scotland as a Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Enrolled Nurse (EN) and then worked in the RIE for one year as a Staff Nurse (RGN) or six months as an Enrolled Nurse (EN) after which they gained their Pelican badge.
| *Photographs: Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Tower at dusk, Nurses' Graduation (1948), Pentland Hills from Edinburgh, The Meadows in Edinburgh, Students in class (1956) in Edinburgh, the Nurses' Red Home. The photographs are from Medical Photography NHS Lothian by Steve Stanton. The Nurses' photographs are from the Lothian Health Services Archive. |
