Ashford Hospital, Adelaide

Coordinates: 34°56′55.32″S 138°34′38.15″E / 34.9487000°S 138.5772639°E / -34.9487000; 138.5772639

Ashford Hospital
Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance
Geography
Location 55-59 Anzac Highway, Ashford, South Australia, Australia
Organisation
Funding Private
Hospital type Community Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 239
Helipad No
History
Founded 1950
Links
Website http://www.ashfordhospital.org.au/

Ashford Hospital is a 239 bed private, not-for-profit hospital on Anzac Highway in the suburb of Ashford 5 kilometers from the CBD.

It provides acute (including emergency) and maternity care.

History

Originally Ashford Community Hospital, Ashford Hospital opened in 1950 as a joint venture between the Unley, Mitcham, West Torrens and Marion councils and a group of local doctors.[1]

It was the second hospital opened on the same site with Ashford Private Hospital first opening in 1935, which was run by two nursing sisters who sold the hospital to Ashford Community Hospital in 1950.[1]

In 1995, Ashford was the first private hospital in South Australia to open an emergency department which now attends to approximately 20,000 patients each year.

References

  1. 1 2 "History of Ashford Hospital". Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (ACHA). Retrieved 17 February 2009.
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