Colonial War Memorial Hospital

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location Brown street, Suva, Pacific, Fiji
Coordinates 18°8′5″S 178°26′1″E / 18.13472°S 178.43361°E / -18.13472; 178.43361Coordinates: 18°8′5″S 178°26′1″E / 18.13472°S 178.43361°E / -18.13472; 178.43361
Organisation
Funding Fiji Government
Hospital type Public hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 500
Helipad Yes
History
Founded 2 December 1923
Links
Website site

The Colonial War Memorial Hospital is a hospital located in Suva, Fiji. It was built and completed at the end of 1923. It was built with the assistance of £319,500.[1] It replaced the Colonial Hospital which was first built in Levuka (the former capital of Fiji) and relocated to Walu Bay in Suva in 1894.

Background

It is Fiji's largest and oldest hospital. When it initially opened in 1923, it had 108 beds and 27 staff members of which 17 were European doctors and nurses and 10 were native nurses but today, it has a total of 1117 staff of which 133 are doctors, 534 are nurses, 173 Paramedical and Management staff and a support team of 277.[2]

The Hospital also acts as a teaching hospital with students from Fiji School of Medicine and Fiji School of Nursing having campuses based at the hospital since 1928.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Fiji's Central Medical School & CWM Hospital, 1884-1941". Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  2. ↑ "CWM HOSPITAL CELEBRATES 90 YEARS OF CARING". Fiji Government. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "History of FSM/FNU". Fiji National University. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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