Prince of Wales Hospital (Benares) explained

Shiv Prasad Gupta Hospital formerly Prince of Wales Hospital
Coordinates:	25.32°N 83.0089°W
Location:	Benares, British
Country:	India
Opened:	1877

The Prince of Wales Hospital was a hospital in Benares, British India, built to celebrate the visit to Benares in 1876–77, of the Prince of Wales, who later became his Majesty King Edward VII. The hospital was opened by Lord Ripon in 1877. Initially it consisted of one operating theatre and eight wards. Private residents could stay in accompanying accommodation. Peter Freyer, surgeon with an expertise in operating on bladder stones, was once appointed at the hospital. The hospital was later renamed the Shiv Prasad Gupta Hospital.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh, Maharaja of Benares, and other nobles of Benares presented an address pouch to King Edward VII when the Prince of Wales on January 5, 1876, to lay the foundation stone for the hospital in Benares. The pouch was a traditional form of an envelope called kharita that was used by Indian nobility to send letters.^[5]

Further reading

• "Case of Ovariotomy". Surgeon-Major A. J. Willcocks, Prince of Wales' Hospital, Benares in The Indian Gazette. November 1887.p. 338–339. PMID 28999804

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prince of Wales Hospital [Benares].]. Wright. Colin. www.bl.uk. 3 November 2019.
2. Book: Madras Land Revenue Reports.... 1872. Board of Revenue. 40. en.
3. 21 September 1921. Obituary: Sir Peter Freyer, K.C.B., M.A., M.D., ML.CH, Surgeon to St.Peter's Hospital; Lieutenant-Colonel Bengal Army (ret.). The British Medical Journal. 464.
4. Book: Uttar Pradesh district gazetteers. 1965. The University of California. 373. en.
5. Web site: Address pouch presented to King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, during his tour of India in 1875-76 by Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh, Maharaja of Benares and other nobles of Benares. Royal Collection Trust. January 5, 2021.