New Amsterdam Public Hospital
| New Amsterdam Public Hospital | |
|---|---|
 New Amsterdam Public Hospital (1950) | |
  Shown in Guyana | |
| Geography | |
| Location | New Amsterdam, Guyana |
| Coordinates | 6°15′18″N 57°30′48″W / 6.25500°N 57.51326°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Beds | 272[1] |
| History | |
| Founded | 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″N 57°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]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Electives". Electives. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- 1 2 Guyana Times International
- ↑ Aicken, David (August 2001). "From Plantation Medicine to Public Health: The State and Medicine in British Guiana 1838 - 1914" (PDF). University College London. p. 53. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "Old New Amsterdam hospital building to be a heritage site". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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