Sunderland Eye Infirmary is an important part of the City’s history. The hospital was founded almost two hundred years ago in 1836. It was originally located in the East End before moving to Crowtree Terrace and then onto Stockton Road in 1893. The current building on Queen Alexandra Road was built during the Second World War and before the creation of the NHS.
Sunderland Eye Infirmary under construction in 1938
Sunderland Eye Infirmary under construction in 1939
Sunderland Echo - 16th May 1940
Princess Elizabeth visits Sunderland Eye Infirmary and declares it open in 1946
Today, the hospital serves a much wider population. Patients attend not only from Sunderland and the immediate surrounding areas of South Tyneside and Durham, but from across the whole of North East, North Cumbria and beyond.
