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The hospital has its origins in the workhouse and infirmary on the Lisburn Road which was designed by Charles Lanyon and opened on 1 January 1841. The infirmary was intended for the poor who did not have access to healthcare services provided by the government.
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- 1841
The hospital became the first air-conditioned public building in the world when Belfast's Sirocco Works installed the system. It was officially opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on 27 July 1903. The King Edward Building, built to commemorate the life of the late king, was completed in 1915.
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- 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Latterly serving as a cancer hospital, it opened in 1906 as Belfast City Infectious Diseases Hospital. The buildings were designed in 1900-1 by the local architects, Young & Mackenzie. Former Belvoir Park Hospital, photographed c. 1980 by skin ubx, reproduced under creative commons license CC BY-2.0.
The Royal Victoria Hospital in Grosvenor Road was opened by King Edward in the year 1903.
The Royal Victoria Hospital had its origin in a Dispensary opened in the old Poor House in Clifton Street, Belfast in 1792. This provided only out-patient care but in 1797 a separate Belfast Fever Hospital was opened in Factory Row, now Berry Street, off Royal Avenue.
The main hospital, which was designed by William Fennell, was officially opened by Sir Robert McConnell, Lord Mayor of Belfast, on 22 April 1900. [2] . The hospital was officially recognised as a university teaching hospital for university students of Queen's University in 1908. [3]
Mar 22, 2021 · The medical institution as a concept recognisable today came into being in 1847 with the building of a Fever Hospital - still in use as its Day Procedure Unit. Mr Mac Cana recounts how "for the...
