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Agency:
Burnie General Hospital
Agency Number:
Start Date:
11 Aug 1949
End Date:
01 Dec 1965
Description:
A public hospital for Burnie was proposed in 1944. The Government subsequently acquired the darwin Private Hospital and let a tender (for 43,800 pounds) for a new wing and nurses' home in 1946. Construction was completed in 1949 and the hospital opened on 11 August. Later becoming a General Hospital, it was eventually merged with Spencer Public Hospital on 1 December 1965 to create the North-Western General Hospital.~
Legislation Creating:
Order-in-Council 11 Aug 1949, TGG 24/8/49 p.2483.
Functions Performed:
Health care
Controlling Agencies:
Burnie Public Hospitals District Board (TA945)11 Aug 194901 Dec 1965
Subsequent Agencies:
North West Regional Hospital (TA445)01 Dec 1965