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The Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH), located in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England is the specialist reconstructive surgery centre for the south east of England, and also provides services at clinics across the region. It has become world-famous for its pioneering burns and plastic surgery.
The move finally took place in 1944, and the old buildings were then occupied by the Queen Victoria Hospital, established 'by women for women' in 1896 [5] and renamed the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in 1901 after the queen's death. [6] The construction site in March 2002
It was her time at the New Hospital which was her inspiration to one day found a hospital that was run 'by women, for women'. [1] [5] Dr_Constance_Stone,_1890. In 1890, after she returned to Australia, she became the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria. [6] Her sister, Grace 'Clara' Stone followed her into medicine.
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, at the age of 81.At the time of her death, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
Dame Ella Annie Noble Macknight, DBE, MRCOG, FRCOG, FAMA, FAGO (7 August 1904, Urana, New South Wales – 1 April 1997, Malvern, Victoria) was an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist who worked at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne. She was appointed as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1969 for services ...
[16] Later that year, they would be among the founders of the future Queen Victoria Hospital for Women, to be staffed entirely by women. [ 17 ] While funds were being raised for a permanent building for the new women’s hospital, Castilla and Sexton worked together one day a week, voluntarily treating out-patients at a temporary hospital ...
Mary Evelyn Lentaigne (6 May 1920 – 29 April 2024) was a British medical artist and Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse who worked at the Queen Victoria Hospital, England, during the Second World War.