Burnside War Memorial Hospital

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The hospital from Kensington Road. Burnside war memorial hospi.jpg
The hospital from Kensington Road.

The Burnside War Memorial Hospital is the only private community hospital in the City of Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia. [1]

A local resident of Toorak Gardens, Otto George Ludwig von Rieben, offered his Attunga property for use as a community hospital free of charge in 1944. The council had first suggested building a community hospital in August 1943 as part of its Post-War Reconstruction and Development Committee; it was to cost 100,000 pounds and to remain as a memorial to honour Burnside's war dead. In April 1949 the first conversion of von Rieben's home was complete and the hospital was caring for 21 patients. The hospital closed for a month in 1956 and when it reopened was given its present name: The Burnside War Memorial Hospital. By then it had cared for over 1,400 patients. [2]

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References

  1. "Burnside War Memorial Hospital". Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. "History of Burnside Hospital Adelaide | Burnside Hospital". www.burnsidehospital.asn.au. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

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