Tags: Hospital.
Originally founded as the Newcastle Infirmary in 1751 the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle upon Tyne England was opened on 11 July 1906 by Edward VII on 10 acres (40000 m2) of Town Moor given by the Corporation and Freemen. The fully furnished and equipped hospital containing twenty wards a nurses’ home chapel and five operating theatres cost over £300000000.