South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital

South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital
Health Service Executive
Shown in Ireland
Geography
Location	Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates	51.8931°N 8.4653°W / 51.8931; -8.4653
Organisation
Care system	HSE
Type	General
History
Opened	1762
Links
Website	www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/acutehospitals/hospitals/sivh/

The South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal na hOtharlainne Theas-Victoria) is an elective surgical hospital in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. It is part of the South/Southwest Hospital Group.[1]

History

The South Infirmary was established by a catholic charity and officially opened in 1762.[2] Meanwhile the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, which had been established by a protestant charity and opened at Union Quay in September 1874, moved to Pope's Quay in October 1876 and then re-located to a site adjacent to the South Infirmary in September 1885.[3] The two hospitals officially merged as the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital in 1988.[3] After a name change to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital in 2005, the hospital expanded with three new operating theatres being completed in 2012.[4]

References

1. "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. "Pressure at the South Infirmary". Cork Independent. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
3. "Victoria Trust". United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
4. "New Operating Theatres at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork". Punch Consulting Engineers. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

• Official website