Peebles Hospital

Peebles Hospital
Peebles Hospital. The new building is the main building shown. The original building is visible in the foreground below.
Map
Geography
LocationRoad Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°25′02″N 64°37′09″W / 18.4171°N 64.6191°W / 18.4171; -64.6191
History
Opened1922

Peebles Hospital is the main public hospital in the British Virgin Islands. The hospital is located in the capital, Road Town, on the island of Tortola. It was founded in 1922 by Major H.W. Peebles, and was originally known as the Cottage Hospital.[1][2]

The main hospital building six stories plus a mechanical penthouse, with 168,700 square feet of floor space. It has facilities for patient care, surgery, and recovery, and an intensive care unit.[3]

  1. ^ "History of Peebles Hospital" (PDF). BVI HSA. p. 4. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ In the Public Hospital Act (Cap 177) the hospital is referred to as the "Tortola Cottage Hospital", but the statute was amended by the General Revision Act, 1992 to change the description to "Peebles Hospital".
  3. ^ "Medical Construction - Peebles Hospital". dck worldwide. Retrieved 6 July 2019.