Calvary Hospital North Adelaideis a private, not-for-profit Catholic hospital in North Adelaide.
| Calvary North Adelaide Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Little Company of Mary Health Care | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Strangways Terrace,North Adelaide,SA, Australia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | General |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 125 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1900 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.calvarynorthadelaide.org.au |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
It was previously known asCalvary Hospital Adelaide,originallyNorth Adelaide Hospital,and is one ofAdelaide's oldest hospitals, having first been established around 1884, with theSisters of the Little Company of Marytaking control in 1900.
History
editIn 1884 Mrs. Isabel Baker andMiss Bessie Bakerhad been responsible for bringing out a number of sisters of theDominican Order,who had intended to follow the nursing profession at the deceasedGovernor Daly's residence on the corner of Ward and Hill Streets inNorth Adelaide,but owing to unforeseen circumstances, they were not able to do so. The Bakers took over the hospital and Miss Mundy was appointedmatron.[1]
In 1900, MotherM. Xavier Lynchof the Nursing Sisters of the Little Company of Mary inSydneyarranged to send five sisters to commence a branch of her order at the hospital,[1]and the Sisters took over the running of the hospital in that year.[2]
DrsEdward Willis Wayand James Alexander Greer Hamilton (1854–1925[3][4]) were the principal surgeons at the North Adelaide Hospital.[1]
Description
editCalvary North Adelaide Hospital is a fully operational hospital which, in 2023, had 125 beds.[5]
Much of the hospital is heritage listed, maintaining its turn of the century exterior and interior.
It features a large maternity wing, 8 operating theatres, day surgery suite, 1 medical ward including a day infusion centre, two surgical wards all supported by a Level II Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital also houses the extensiveMary PotterHospice, a 15-bed hospice caring for palliative care patients, and a comprehensive Oncology Centre, a radiology department, and also multiple specialist suites within or adjacent to the hospital.
The grounds at the rear of the hospital also contains a turn of the century chapel.
It is located onStrangways TerraceinNorth Adelaide,only two kilometres from theAdelaide city centre.
It is owned by parent corporationLittle Company of Mary Health Care(or "Calvary Health Care" ) which, in 2006, acquiredCalvary Wakefield Hospital,Calvary Central Districts HospitalandCalvary Rehabilitation Hospital. Due to these acquisitions, the original hospital is now known as Calvary North Adelaide instead of Calvary Hospital Adelaide.[5]
Sources
edit- ^abcNursing in South Australia: First Hundred Years 1837-1937.Adelaide: South Australian Trained Nurses’ Centenary Committee. February 1938. p. 151.
- ^"North Adelaide Nursing Sisters".The Southern Cross.Vol. XIV, no. 693. South Australia. 10 October 1902. p. 11.Retrieved26 September2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ^AMA Historical Committee."Past Presidents of South Australian Branch of the BMA and AMA (SA) 1879-"(PDF).Australian Medical Association.Retrieved13 May2021.
- ^"Dr. James Alexander Greer Hamilton".Virtual War Memorial.8 October 1925.Retrieved13 May2021.
- ^ab"Little Company of Mary Health Care".Calvary North Adelaide Hospital.Retrieved18 May2016.
[...] Calvary North Adelaide Hospital was established in 1900 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary [... the hospital is a] 153 bed facility located in North Adelaide [...] In May 2006 Little Company of Mary Health Care acquired Calvary Wakefield Hospital, Calvary Rehabilitation Hospital and Calvary Central Districts Hospital [...]
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