Sint-Elisabeth Gasthuis between 1915 and 1920

Sint-Elisabeth Hospital was the main hospital on Curaçao, located in the Otrobanda district of Willemstad.[1] It closed in November 2019, and was replaced by the Curaçao Medical Center.[2][3] Part of the hospital will be demolished.

The contract for construction of the new hospital was led and managed by Stichting Ontwikkeling Nederlandse Antillen (Foundation for the Development of the Netherlands Antilles).[4] The costs of running the hospital will be higher because it will have more staff (about 1260) and have to meet management costs and depreciation which it did not do before.[5]

Facilities

The Sint-Elisabeth Hospital had 500 beds, a decompression chamber and qualified staff to assist scuba divers suffering from decompression sickness. There was a kidney dialysis unit.[6]

History

The first nursing home on the site, St. Elisabeth Gasthuis, was founded on 3 December 1855 by Monseigneur Ferdinand Eduard Cornelis Kieckens.

References

  1. ↑ "St. Elisabeth Hospitaal Curaçao". Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Completion Of New Hospital Planned On March 31, 2019". Curacao Chronicle. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ziekenhuis Curaçao op het nippertje goedgekeurd voor opening". Caribisch Netwerk NTR (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hospital Nobo Otrobanda". EGM. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Operating Costs HNO Much Higher Than SEHOS". Curacao Chronicle. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "ST ELISABETH HOSPITAL". Electives Net. 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

12°06′33″N 68°56′21″W / 12.1092°N 68.9391°W / 12.1092; -68.9391

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.