The Victoria Eye Hospital was a health facility located on Eign Street in
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
, England. The main building has since been converted into apartments.
History
The facility was established by Francis Woodley Lindsay, a surgeon, in rented premises in Commercial Road as the Herefordshire and South Wales Eye and Ear Institution in 1882.
It moved to permanent premises in Eign Street as the Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 1888
[ and, after being renamed the Victoria Eye Hospital in 1923, joined the ]National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
in 1948. After services transferred to the new Hereford County Hospital
Hereford County Hospital is an acute general hospital on Stonebow Road in Hereford. It is managed by Wye Valley NHS Trust.
History
The foundation stone for Hereford County Hospital was laid in 1937 by Queen Mary. It was built adjacent to the sit ...
in 2002,[
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References
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1882 establishments in England
Hospitals established in 1882
Hospital buildings completed in 1888
Hospitals in Herefordshire
Defunct hospitals in England