Victoria Hospital, Cairo

The Victoria Hospital in Cairo, Egypt was founded by Viscountess Strangford with Dr Herbert Sieveking in 1883. The same year Queen Victoria awarded Strangford the Royal Red Cross for her work.[1] The hospital continued in operation thanks to a grant of £2,000 per year from the Egyptian government taking in local students for training and offering first class accommodation on a private basis.[2]

"Lady Strangfords Hospital" Cairo 1882

References

Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Smythe , Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford (bap. 1826, d. 1887)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 3 May 2015
Sieveking, Herbert (18 June 1883). "The Victoria Hospital, Cairo". British Medical Journal. 1 (1172): 1170–1171. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1172.1170. PMC 2372560. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

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[odnb-1] Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Smythe , Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford (bap. 1826, d. 1887)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 3 May 2015

[bmj-2] Sieveking, Herbert (18 June 1883). "The Victoria Hospital, Cairo". British Medical Journal. 1 (1172): 1170–1171. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1172.1170. PMC 2372560. Retrieved 3 May 2015.