Victoria Eye Hospital

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Victoria Eye Hospital
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Victoria Eye Hospital
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Shown in Herefordshire
Geography
LocationEign Street, Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°03′24″N2°43′20″W / 52.0566°N 2.7223°W / 52.0566; -2.7223 Coordinates: 52°03′24″N2°43′20″W / 52.0566°N 2.7223°W / 52.0566; -2.7223
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type Eye hospital
History
Founded1882
Closed2002
Links
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The Victoria Eye Hospital was a health facility located on Eign Street in Hereford. 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. [1] It moved to permanent premises in Eign Street as the Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 1888 [1] and, after being renamed the Victoria Eye Hospital in 1923, joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] After services transferred to the new Hereford County Hospital in 2002, [3] the Victoria Eye Hospital closed and has since been converted into apartments. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The development of hospitals in Herefordshire". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Victoria Eye Hospital, Hereford". National Archives. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. "Hereford PFI deal closed". Building. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 31 January 2020.