Government Victoria Hospital, Kollam
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| Government Victoria Hospital, Kollam | |
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| Kollam Jilla Panchayath | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Near District Hospital, Kollam, India |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Maternity hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | yes |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.victoriahospital.in/ |
Government Victoria Hospital, established in 1887, is a maternity hospital in Kollam, Kerala, India. It was the first maternity hospital in Travancore, and is known as Kollam's "hospital of women and children".[1] In the early years, it functioned as a medical school for women and was called the Victoria Hospital and Medical School for Women.[2] The college functioned under the surgeon, E. Poonen.[2] It is functioning under the control of Kollam Jilla Panchayath at present.[3] Projects including an Autism Clinic, Swapnachiraku, Infertility Clinic, Mathrusanthwanam, Snehathooval and MRI scanning unit are implemented by Kollam Jilla Panchayath in the hospital for the last years[when?]. The hospital has a monthly average outpatient (OP) of 15500, inpatient (IP) of 1300 and around 500 deliveries.[citation needed]
