The Governor Sir William Robinson unveiled the foundation stone to mark the commencement of construction "Victoria Hospital" on 23 June 1897.

[1] The 1903 Public Works Report the following is stated:[2] In accordance with the arrangements made when the Jubilee Fund was started in 1897, the buildings, which had reached completion, were formally handed over to Government on the 7th November.

There are also 2 Sisters’ rooms, an office, entrance hall and staircase, an operating theatre and an isolation ward; the two latter being situated in separate wings connected by covered ways with the rest of the building.

The kitchens and servants’ quarters connected with the hospital are conveniently arranged in a detached wing in the rear of the main buildings.

The preparation of the site, &c., cost $7,500 and the superstructure, including the necessary fittings, $100,994.97, the balance of the expenditure being for architects’ fees, supervision, &c. In 1923, a Maternity Ward was opened that was built west of the hospital.