The South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal na hOtharlainne Theas-Victoria) is an elective surgical hospital in

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. It is part of the South/Southwest Hospital Group.

History

The South Infirmary was established by a

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charity and officially opened in 1762. Meanwhile the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, which had been established by a

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charity and opened at Union Quay in September 1874, moved to Pope's Quay October in October 1876 and then re-located to a site adjacent site to the South Infirmary in September 1885. The two hospitals officially merged as the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital in 1988. After a name change to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital in 2005, the hospital expanded with three new operating theatres being completed in 2012.

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