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The predecessors of the Royal Halifax Hospital were the Halifax Dispensary (1807-c.1836) in Hatters Close, and the Halifax Infirmary or Halifax Infirmary and Dispensary in Blackwall, opposite Holy Trinity Church, from 1838. George Townsend Andrews, best known as a railway architect, designed the 1838 premises, which were demolished after 1896. [2]
Halifax Infirmary may refer to: Halifax Infirmary, West Yorkshire , a hospital established 1838 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, a predecessor of the Royal Halifax Infirmary Halifax Infirmary, Nova Scotia , a hospital established 1886 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a predecessor of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
The former Halifax Infirmary and Camp Hill Hospital had previously merged to form the Camp Hill Medical Centre in 1988. The Halifax Infirmary was established by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1886 with a new building constructed at the intersection of Queen and Morris Streets in 1933. The Sisters of Charity operated the ...
The hospital, which replaced the Royal Halifax Infirmary, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1998. The new hospital was built by Bovis Lend Lease. [1] The cost of building the hospital, originally budgeted at £34.8 million in 1994, was £103 million by 2001. [2]
Some of the notable events and achievements in the hospital’s history are: In 1890, the hospital opened the first nursing school in Nova Scotia, which trained hundreds of nurses until its closure in 1975. In 1898, the hospital established the first X-ray department in Canada, and in 1904, the first radium therapy department in the British Empire.
The rebuilding of Calderdale Royal Hospital by the Catalyst consortium which now services and maintains the hospital was a Private Finance Initiative costing £103 million. [1] There were suggestions in 2014 that the A&E Department in Calderdale Royal Hospital could be closed or downgraded. This was opposed by MPs in Halifax. [2]
Oldest fire station building remaining in Halifax; now a private residence 1877 Halifax Academy: 1649 Brunswick Street Two-and-a-half storey structure built as all-male high school; excellent example of Second Empire style. It was designed by Henry Busch, a proponent of the style, and prominent Halifax architect.
The Grace Maternity School of Nursing opened in 1922 at the time the hospital itself opened, offering an 18-month course in Obstetrical and Newborn Nursing (these programs ended in 1959) and the school began a 3-year nursing program in affiliation with the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax Children's Hospital, Nova Scotia Sanatorium and Nova ...