New Amsterdam Public Hospital | |
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![]() New Amsterdam Public Hospital (1950) | |
Geography | |
Location | New Amsterdam, Guyana |
Coordinates | 6°15′18″N57°30′48″W / 6.25500°N 57.51326°W |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | General |
Services | |
Beds | 272 [1] |
History | |
Opened | 1885 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Guyana |
New Amsterdam Public Hospital in New Amsterdam, Guyana, is the country's biggest hospital after Georgetown Public Hospital.
It was described as a “timber architectural masterpiece”. [2] The building was later declared unfit to work and left abandoned. It slowly collapsed due to vandalism and deterioration. [2] Old location: 6°14′28″N57°31′18″W / 6.2412°N 57.5217°W
In 1893, the hospital had 150 beds, four sick wards (one designated for females) each with 24 beds with a window between each bed. [3]
The hospital moved to a new location in 2005. [4]