Victoria Eye Hospital
| Victoria Eye Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Victoria Eye Hospital | |
  Shown in Herefordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Eign Street, Hereford, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°03′24″N 2°43′20″W / 52.0566°N 2.7223°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Eye hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1882 |
| Closed | 2002 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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]
References
- ^ a b c "The development of hospitals in Herefordshire". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Victoria Eye Hospital, Hereford". National Archives. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Hereford PFI deal closed". Building. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 31 January 2020.