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Dr. Victoria Coffey (1911- 1999)

Victoria Coffey was born in 1911 at 108 Brunswick Street Dublin. Her parents were John Coffey and Ellie Coffey (neé McCaul). Coffey graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) as a midwife in 1936. She is noted for her research into congenital abnormalities, specifically children born to Mother's with syphilis, and her research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Work Life

Coffey began her working life as a surgeon in the Meath hospital, working alongside a few doctors of refute of the times such as Oliver St. John Gogarty and Tom Lane. She then worked in the Coombe hospital for women in Dublin. After this she moved to St Kevin's hospital in 1934. IT was in ST. Kevin's where she would spend most of her working life, devoting much time into improving the health of the poor people of Dublin. She was in charge of the Children's hospital, the maternity ward and a sick infant's ward throughout her career.