Royal Victoria Infirmary
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The Royal Victoria Infirmary （RVI） is a 673-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The hospital is part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Print of the old Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary at Forth Banks in 1786 The original hospital was the Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary at Forth Banks which was funded by way of public subscription.
The foundation stone was laid by Joseph Butler, the Bishop of Durham, on 5 September 1751 and it opened on 8 October 1752.
By the end of the 19th century, despite major extensions including the Dobson Wing which opened in 1855 and the Ravensworth Wards which opened in 1885, the infirmary became overcrowded and needed to be replaced.
A new hospital to be known as the Royal Victoria Infirmary was designed by William Lister Newcomb and Percy Adams and built on 10 acres （4 hectares） of Town Moor given by the Corporation and Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne.
It was opened by King Edward VII on 11 July 1906.
The fully furnished and equipped hospital, containing seventeen wards, a nurses' home, chapel and five operating theatres, cost over £300,000.
A statue of Queen Victoria in front of the new infirmary, sculpted by Sir George James Frampton in white stone, was the gift of Sir Riley Lord, who was knighted for his efforts in getting the infirmary built.
The infirmary became a unit of the First Northern General Hospital and treated wounded service personnel during the First World War.
The Royal Victoria Infirmary had close links with King's College, Durham and, after it was formed, with Newcastle University as a major teaching hospital fro...