Royal Victoria Infirmary

Royal Victoria Infirmary
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Geography
Location Newcastle, NZ244651, England
Coordinates 54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°WCoordinates: 54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°W
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Newcastle University Medical School
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 620
History
Founded 1751 (as Newcastle Infirmary), 1906 as Royal Victoria Infirmary
Links
Website http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/index.aspx
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Originally founded as the Newcastle Infirmary in 1751, the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, was opened on 11 July 1906 by Edward VII on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of Town Moor given by the Corporation and Freemen. The fully furnished and equipped hospital, containing twenty wards, a nurses' home, chapel and five operating theatres, cost over £300,000,000. The statue of Queen Victoria was the gift of Riley Lord, who was knighted for his efforts in getting the Infirmary built. Overcrowding was a problem, with waiting lists of over 5,000 in the 1930s and until joining the National Health Service, money had to be raised for extensions and new equipment - always difficult especially in the depression years. The Royal Victoria Infirmary has always had close links with the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University as a major teaching hospital. The RVI forms the hub of one of the four "clinical base units" for medical students at the university, where students spend the entire 3rd and 5th years of their medical degree.

The Royal Victoria Infirmary is managed by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The New Victoria Wing, including a state-of-the-art accident and emergency department, replacing that of the Newcastle General Hospital, opened in 2010.

The hospital is the only provider of Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer in the North East of England.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/royal-victoria-infirmary-newcastle

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