Balmain Hospital

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Balmain Hospital
Sydney Local Health District
Balmain Hospital c.1885 (6393160133).jpg
Balmain Hospital main building, 2011
Balmain Hospital
Geography
LocationBooth Street, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 33°51′35″S151°10′59″E / 33.8596702°S 151.1831414°E / -33.8596702; 151.1831414 Coordinates: 33°51′35″S151°10′59″E / 33.8596702°S 151.1831414°E / -33.8596702; 151.1831414
Organisation
Care system Medicare (Australia)
Funding Public hospital
Type Specialist
Network NSW Health
Services
Emergency department Yes - 08:00am to 10:00pm
Beds98
Speciality Geriatric Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
History
Former name(s)Balmain District Hospital
Balmain Cottage Hospital
Opened1885;137 years ago (1885)
Links
Website www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/balmain

Balmain Hospital (formerly Balmain Cottage Hospital and Balmain District Hospital) is a public hospital in the suburb of Balmain in Sydney, Australia. [1] [2] It was founded in 1885 and provides outpatient, rehabilitation, aged care and general practice/casualty services. [1]

The hospital commenced operation in 1885 in an adapted cottage, which survives as the hospital's administration building and is now heritage listed. A series of additions and new buildings occurred throughout its early decades: a new wing (the Evans Ward) opened in March 1890, a new outpatient, women's and children's wing (the Victoria Ward) opened in September 1901, it underwent major refurbishment in 1908 and a new children's ward opened in September 1924. [3] [4] [5] [2]

It expanded significantly in the 1920s, increasing from 40 beds to 120 beds and experiencing a doubling of treated patients. [6] Complaints about run-down, overcrowded and otherwise poor hospital facilities were common through the late 1920s and into the 1930s. [7] [8] [9] New women's and children's wards opened in 1935 and new nurses quarters' (Stacey House) in 1937. [10] [11] [12] A major new four-storey building, Thornton House, was added in 1943. [13]

The hospital underwent a significant downgrade and refocus c. 1993, with the closure of the emergency department and change in focus to provide primarily for aged care and rehabilitation, though a new casualty department opened shortly afterwards to deal with remaining unmet need. [14]

The Balmain Hospital Main Building is listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register. [15]

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