South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital

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]

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/

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]