| Diakonessenhuis | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Coordinates | 5°49′21″N55°11′00″W / 5.822366°N 55.183445°W Coordinates: 5°49′21″N55°11′00″W / 5.822366°N 55.183445°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 30 November 1962 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.diakonessenhuis.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Suriname |
Diakonessenhuis is a hospital in Paramaribo, Suriname. It was founded as the Protestant hospital of Paramaribo.
In 1946 a foundation was set up to start a Diakonessenhuis in Paramaribo, but only when the director of the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht, dr. M.A. van Melle, took over the initiative in 1955 and contacted the Dutch public broadcaster NCRV did developments grow more seriously. In 1960 a fundraising show was broadcast on television which generated more than 2 million Dutch guilders. [1] Together with a large donation from Suralco [2] and a low interest loan of the same amount, there was enough money to build a hospital.
In late 1961 construction was started, and the hospital eventually opened on 30 November 1962. [1]
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