Construction work on the new NHS Louisa Jordan is now complete and will be ready to treat patients from tomorrow.
It comes three weeks after the Scottish Government announced that they would be using the Scottish Event Campus as an emergency coronavirus hospital.
The Scottish Government has said that the NHS Louisa Jordan is in place as a safeguard and that it is hoped the facility will not need to be used during the coronavirus outbreak.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, said: "While we remain confident that we will not require it to do so in the immediate future, it is a vitally important part of our planning and assurance that the NHS in Scotland is prepared.
"The work to deliver the NHS Louisa Jordan at such pace has been a significant effort.
"It could not have been achieved without all the contractors involved in the planning, construction and equipping of the hospital.
"They have our very grateful thanks – but we also take this opportunity to thank contractors who continue to work on other NHS Scotland projects.
"Your continued commitment to deliver, is allowing us to ensure quality care for patients in the future."
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The Health Secretary said that the decision on whether patients should be admitted to the Louisa Jordan will be reviewed on a regular basis, reflecting data on case numbers.
Addressing media reports that claimed schools would be re-opening in three weeks as part of a three stage strategy, the Health Secretary said that the Scottish Government was not considering this approach.
She said: "These are not plans that the Scottish Government has seen - and from what we have read, they are not plans we would currently endorse.
We have committed to publishing later this week our initial thinking on how Scotland plots our way forward.
"This will focus on the issues that have to be weighed up, and the changes that will be required for society to adapt as safely as possible to the presence of the virus.
"We confirmed only three days ago, that the current lockdown remains in place for another three weeks.
"We will use that time to assess the evidence and the options before we make any further decisions.
"In the meantime we need people to continue to use that time to stay at home, to abide by the rules, to practise social distancing and to continue to slow the spread of the virus. Because it is all of that effort that is securing where we are today."
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