EVERY detail has been considered. Private rooms, state-of-the-art scanners and a tunnel linking adult and children's wards to a cutting-edge laboratory.
But to top it all, literally, the sick children's unit on Scotland's largest and most expensive hospital campus will have a covered roof garden with its own stage for theatrical productions.
For the first time yesterday, the public was given a preview of how the vast £840 million campus will look on completion in 2015, when health secretary Nicola Sturgeon named the successful bidder for the project.
The rooftop theatre will be part of the 256-bed, five-storey children's hospital, which will replace the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill.
It will be accompanied by an in-house cinema, where children can be taken in their beds to enjoy the latest Hollywood fare.
A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said that such entertainment facilities were an important part of the children's facility: "They will be open for use by both long-term and short-term patients, to enjoy whatever is on offer.
"There are young patients who are here for a very long time. Sometimes they are virtually residents, so things like this make their stays much more varied and interesting."
Ms Sturgeon, who is also the MSP for Govan, where the campus will be built, said the announcement was an important step towards creating a "world-class" hospital campus.
"This is a really big and exciting day, certainly for Govan and Glasgow, but also for Scotland as a whole," she said. "This is the biggest ever hospital construction project in the 61-year history of the NHS in Scotland. That's how big and significant it is, it is a landmark occasion."
Ms Sturgeon said the gathering of adult, children and maternity services together on one site was the "gold standard" of delivering health care.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the "inspiring" design was unanimously agreed to be the outstanding contender from three strong bids and gave the best value for money.
The hospital, which is expected to treat 110,000 patients every year, will be built on the site of the existing Southern General Hospital.
It will have one of the biggest emergency departments in Scotland, 1,109 beds in single-room accommodation and 20 state-of-the-art operating theatres.
Ms Sturgeon welcomed the 100 per cent single-room accommodation in the adult hospital: "As somebody who has repeatedly said that tackling health care infection is my top priority, that pleases me immensely."
The campus will also be home to specialised services, such as renal medicine, transplantation and vascular surgery.
It will be paid for entirely through public funding, with the construction contract worth £670m. About 2,500 jobs are expected to be created on the project, with at least 10 per cent coming from the local area.
The contract for the campus has been awarded to property developers Brookfield, who also built the new Wembley Stadium, a project which became mired in controversy when it was finished late and over budget.
But the company's managing director, Ashley Muldoon, yesterday said he was in no doubt that the hospital campus would be brought in on time and on budget.
Robert Calderwood, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde chief executive, said of the decision to award the contract to Brookfield: "The three companies bidding for the project offered a range of innovative and creative designs but Brookfield captured the best of all worlds in their proposal."
The company, which is currently working on a £350m hospital in Peterborough, said the latest deal would mark its first major construction contract in Scotland.
