The Victoria Operating Theatre
On 16/2/1897, the House Committee discussed a report concerning a meeting of the Chairman and members of the Medical Staff. The Medical Staff had stated that "the present operating room is in many respects unfavourable to the success of their Hospital work and urged upon the Trustees the necessity of a new one." It was agreed to form a committee comprising Trustees and members of the Medical Staff, to draw up specifications and to raise the money required for a new facility. On 23/9/1897 the House Committee received a report from the Operating Theatre Committee which made three recommendations: 1. The new Theatre should be sited between the present operating room and No5 ward, opening out from the main corridor between the two private wards. 2. The new block should comprise an operating theatre, 2 small wards, a chloroforming room, an instrument room, a surgeons' room and a kitchen. 3. Mr Fitzgerald be appointed as Architect. By January 1898, it was resolved that the site for the Theatre was to be between the Childrens' Ward and the Dispensary. The term "Victoria Operating Theatre" is referred to in a letter from the Architect dated 15/2/1898. (so named, no doubt, in honour of the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria) The Operating Theatre was almost completed by May 1901 - the Hospital was awaiting the arrival from Paris of the Sterilising Plant. The Victoria Operating Theatre was opened on 20/12/1901, with due ceremony. In attendance were the Governor (The Earl of Ranfurly), Sir Robert Stout (the Chief Justice), Hon. W C Walker and Hon. C H Mills (representing the Government), Mr J G W Aitken (Mayor of Wellington), and Hospital Trustees including Mr George Webb, Chairman.

The Victoria Operating Theatre

On 16/2/1897, the House Committee discussed a report concerning a meeting of the Chairman and members of the Medical Staff. The Medical Staff had stated that "the present operating room is in many respects unfavourable to the success of their Hospital work and urged upon the Trustees the necessity of a new one."
It was agreed to form a committee comprising Trustees and members of the Medical Staff, to draw up specifications and to raise the money required for a new facility.

On 23/9/1897 the House Committee received a report from the Operating Theatre Committee which made three recommendations:
        1. The new Theatre should be sited between the present operating room and No5 ward, opening out from the main corridor between the two private wards.
        2. The new block should comprise an operating theatre, 2 small wards, a chloroforming room, an instrument room, a surgeons' room and a kitchen.
        3. Mr Fitzgerald be appointed as Architect.
By January 1898, it was resolved that the site for the Theatre was to be between the Childrens' Ward and the Dispensary.

The term "Victoria Operating Theatre" is referred to in a letter from the Architect dated 15/2/1898. (so named, no doubt, in honour of the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria)

The Operating Theatre was almost completed by May 1901 - the Hospital was awaiting the arrival from Paris of the Sterilising Plant.

The Victoria Operating Theatre was opened on 20/12/1901, with due ceremony. In attendance were the Governor (The Earl of Ranfurly), Sir Robert Stout (the Chief Justice), Hon. W C Walker and Hon. C H Mills (representing the Government), Mr J G W Aitken (Mayor of Wellington), and Hospital Trustees including Mr George Webb, Chairman.