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]

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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