a series on hospital planning, in which he described the acute need for new maternity beds in Glasgow, the design of the new hospital, the reason the Yorkhill site was chosen, and why he believed that the increasingly rapid pace of medical research would make the new hospital obsolete within 25 years. The new hospital opened on 11 January 1964, with the first baby being delivered on 12 January 1964, and closed on 13 January 2010. Health For much of his life, Donald suffered from valvular heart disease as a result of him and his sister Margaret being infected with rheumatic fever when he was young. His sister had died from a mitral valve replacement surgery that was still in the early stages of development. In the autumn of 1961, Donald collapsed in New York with atrial fibrillation, and he traveled back to the Western Infirmary for treatment with a mitral valve replacement. The condition meant that he suffered many debilitating illnesses, heart attacks, and conditions like pressure sores, blot clots, and hematomas that led to further cardiac deterioration, necessitating a new operation. Over four years, Donald underwent three major heart operations at Hammersmith Hospital. For the third operation, a mitral valve replacement was taken from a pig, with a homograft that was replaced with a Starr Edwards artificial valve in 1976. Donald published personal accounts of his second and third cardiac operations. Bibliography Awards and honours Blair gold medal Eardley Holland gold medal Victor Bonney prize Maternity prize of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine First Honorary Life Member of the British Medical Ultrasound Society (1982) along with Tom Brown. Notes References External links "A short History of the development of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology" Ian Donald Biography The Diasonograph 1910 births 1987 deaths Academics of the University of Glasgow 20th-century Scottish medical doctors 20th-century Scottish inventors Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Medical ultrasonography People educated at Warriston School People educated at Fettes College People from Liskeard Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Air Force Medical Service officers Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Cornwall Alumni of the University of London University of Cape Town alumni 20th-century English medical doctors 20th-century British medical doctors