New Amsterdam Public Hospital in
New Amsterdam,
Guyana, is the country's biggest hospital after
Georgetown Public Hospital
Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), in Georgetown, Guyana, is the country's largest hospital. GPHC is the main teaching hospital in Guyana and serves as both a regional public hospital and as the national referral hospital.
Its Seaman's Ward, the ...
. It's old building is one of the two surviving buildings designed by
Cesar Castellani Cesar Castellani (died 2 August 1905) was an architect. He was born in Malta. He was attracted by the prosperity of British Guiana and emigrated there in 1860 with a group of Italian priests.
Designs
Castellani designed a number of prominent build ...
, an architect employed in the Public Works Department of
British Guiana.
Construction commenced in late 1881 with funds provided to the Public Works Department by the colonial administration. The hospital was built in stages. The central pavilion was completed in 1881. The hospital was almost complete in 1884, and was occupied in 1885. It was described as a “timber architectural masterpiece”.
[ The building was later declared unfit to work and left abandoned. It slowly collapsed due to vandalism and deterioration.][Guyana Times International]
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In 1893, the hospital had 150 beds, four sick wards (one designated for females) each with 24 beds with a window between each bed.
References
Government buildings completed in 1885
Hospital buildings completed in 1884
Hospitals in Guyana
History of Guyana
Hospitals established in 1885
New Amsterdam, Guyana
1881 establishments in the British Empire
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