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{{Infobox hospital<br />
| name = Government Victoria Hospital, Kollam<br />
| org_group = Kollam Jilla Panchayath<br />
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| location = Near [[District Hospital, Kollam|District Hospital]], [[Kollam]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| healthcare = Maternity hospital<br />
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| founded = 1887<br />
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'''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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vilakkupara |first=Vijesh |date=2020-05-24 |title=വിക്ടോറിയ ആശുപത്രി ഓപ്പറേഷൻ തീയേറ്ററും പ്രസവ മുറിയും അണുവിമുക്തമാക്കിഉടൻ പ്രവർത്തനം ആരംഭിക്കും {{!}} kollam, covid-19, Kerala, Latest News, News |url=https://www.eastcoastdaily.com/2020/05/25/kollam-victoria-hospital.html |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=East Coast Daily Malayalam |language=en-US}}</ref> In the early years, it functioned as a medical school for women and was called the Victoria Hospital and Medical School for Women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Government of Travancore |url=http://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.0037 |title=Travancore Almanac 1893 |date=1892 |publisher=Trivandrum |others=Kerala State Library}}</ref> The college functioned under the surgeon, E. Poonen.<ref name=":0" /> It is functioning under the control of Kollam Jilla Panchayath at present.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-29 |title=Whiff of antiseptic to make way for bibliosmia in hospitals |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/whiff-of-antiseptic-to-make-way-for-bibliosmia-in-hospitals/article36735848.ece |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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|date=July 2023}}. The hospital has a monthly average outpatient (OP) of 15500, inpatient (IP) of 1300 and around 500 deliveries.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}<br />
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