Canberra Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Canberra Hospital
Org/Group = ACT Health

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Location = Yamba Drive, Woden Valley
Region = Canberra
State = ACT
Country = Australia
HealthCare = Medicare
Type = Teaching
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation= Australian National University
Beds = 500
Founded = 1914
Closed =
Website = http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=sp&did=10063327
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The Canberra Hospital is a public hospital located in Garran, Canberra. It is a tertiary level centre with 500 beds and caters to a population of about 520,000. It was formed when the Woden Valley Hospital and the Royal Canberra Hospital were amalgamated in 1991, and was renamed the Canberra Hospital in 1996. [cite web|url = http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=10065861|title = Canberra Hospital - About us | work = ACT Government Health Information|publisher = ACT Health|accessdate = 2008-07-17]

It is the major teaching hospital for the recently established Australian National University Medical School. It is also a teaching hospital for the University of Canberra's School of Nursing. Furthermore, the hospital has strong links with the John Curtin School of Medical Research.

History

In May 1914 the first hospital for Canberra was opened in Balmain Crescent Acton, Australian Capital Territory with eight beds.cite web|url = http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=sp&pid=1084231941|title = The Canberra Hospital - History of paediatric nursing|publisher = ACT Heath| accessdate = 2008-07-17] Tents were used to supplement the isolation ward. There were no obstetric facilities and obstetrics patients had to travel to the Queanbeyan hospital.cite web|url = http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/B43FFBFD93BFC572CA2571E600180BCF?opendocument|title = History |work = 1307.8 - Australian Capital Territory in Focus, 2006 | date = 2006-09-12|accessdate = 2008-07-17|publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics]

In 1943 a new hospital was opened on the Acton peninsular. The building had commenced construction in 1940. In 1942, the United States Army Medical Corps took over construction and commissioned it as an American military hospital. It was a military hospital for only five months. In February 1943, the hospital buildings were handed over to the Canberra Hospital Board.cite web|url = http://hdl.handle.net/1885/336|title = Canberra Community Hospital, Acton, Australian Capital Territory: photograph from 1946|publisher = |work = Demetrisu = Canberra Album|accessdate = 2008-07-17]

Woden Valley hospital buildings were constructed between 1969 and 1973. [ cite web|url = http://www.images.act.gov.au/duslibrary/imagesact.nsf/search/B9A38BDA1DAEE8584A256D1A000ED565?OpenDocument|title =
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In 1973 the Woden Valley hospital opened and the first patients were admitted.

In 1979 the "Canberra Community Hospital" was renamed the "Royal Canberra Hospital".cite web|url = http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004135b.htm |title = Curley, Sylvia (1898 - 1999)|work = Bright Sparcs Biographical entry|publisher = The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre|date = 2007|accessdate = 2008-07-17]

In 1991 services were transferred to the Woden Hospital when the Royal Canberra Hospital closed on 27 November 1991.

In 1996 "Woden Valley Hospital" was re-named "The Canberra Hospital".

On 13 July 1997 the superseded buildings on the Acton peninsular were demolished by implosion.

ee also

*List of hospitals in Australia

References