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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 Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) was a hospital in Melbourne Victoria which founded in 1896, and closed in 1987. It was the first women's hospital in Victoria ...
Queen Victoria Hospital, Adelaide, a former hospital, now part of the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia; Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria; Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital, originally called the Victoria Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia
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.
An operating theatre at Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, designed by I. G. Beaver, was dedicated to her memory by the National Council of Women. [5] For being a cofounder of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Stone was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2007. [6]
The Fund was founded after Queen Victoria gave Lady Dufferin the task of improving healthcare for women in India. The Fund provided scholarships for women to be educated in the medical field as doctors, hospital assistants, nurses, and midwives. It also financed the construction of female hospitals, dispensaries, and female only wards in ...
Since most hospitals were reluctant to hire female doctors, Sexton joined a group of women, led by Constance Stone, who co-founded the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children in 1896. When the hospital opened in 1899, Sexton was appointed the head of surgery, a position she held until 1908.
The first Queen Victoria Hospital building was designed by Allen Wilson [2] and could accommodate 50 patients. [1] It was built in 1904 on Siemert Road and administered by the Guild of Loyal Woman. [1] In 1906, it moved to Milner Park. [1] In 1913 it became a branch of the Johannesburg Hospital. [1]