Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart
- Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart
Infobox Hospital
Name = PAGENAME
Org/Group =
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Location = Battery Point
Region = Hobart
State = Tasmania, Australia
Country = Australia
HealthCare = Medicare
Type = Maternity, neonatal Care
Speciality = Midwifery
Emergency = Yes, Neonatal Intensive Care
Affiliation= None
Beds = 501
Founded = 1902
Closed = 1980
Website = None
Wiki-Links = |
The Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women was an Australian hospital established at Hobart, Tasmania in 1905 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902 on a site in Hampden Road, Battery Point.[ [http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=TA00459 Agency Details: Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women] , Archives Office of Tasmania.] ]The hospital was primarily designed to care for women who were pregnant, in need of natal and neonatal care, and as a training hospital for midwives and nurses.
It was originally operated by a private board of management, but in 1950 it came under the control of the Government of Tasmania, who increasingly affiliated it's services with those of the Royal Hobart Hospital. In 1980, the building in Battery Point which was becoming too antiquated for modern health care services, was closed, and the Queen Alexandra hospital was moved to a new wing attached to the Royal. In 1999, the Queen Alexandra wing was closed and sold off to a private consortium, who re-opened the site as the Hobart Private Hospital.
Hollywood actor Errol Flynn was born at the hospital in 1909. [Tierney, Judy: [http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s690727.htm Seeking out Flynn] , "The 7.30 Report" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 1 October 2002.]
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