Government Victoria Hospital

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Government Victoria Hospital
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Government Victoria Hospital
Geography
Location Chengal Rao Peta, Visakhapatnam, India
Organisation
Affiliated university N.T.R. Health University
Services
Emergency department yes
Beds200
Helipad No
History
Opened1894

The Government Victoria General Hospital, generally called Gosha Hospital, is the first women and children's hospital in the Visakhapatnam city which has served more than a century. It is located at Chengal Rao Peta, Visakhapatnam. [1]

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History

King Goday Narayana Gajapathi Rao bought land for this hospital in 1894. In the early days, this hospital was run by Hilda Mary Lazarus with the permission of establishing the hospital from Queen Victoria. The hospital's name was changed to Victoria Hospital in 1949. This hospital was comes under government of Madras. [2]

Services

This hospital serves women and children. The current capacity of this hospital is 200 beds and the Government of Andhra Pradesh expanding it with 100 more beds. [3]

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References

  1. "introduction of the hospital". thehansindia. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. "history". deccanchronicle. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. "services". indianexpress. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.


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