Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital

37°59′42″S 145°05′02″E / 37.994984°S 145.083984°E / -37.994984; 145.083984 The Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital was a hospital in the suburb of Parkdale, Victoria, Australia.

Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationParkdale, Victoria, Australia
Organisation
Affiliated universitySouthern Health Care Network
History
Opened1953
Closed1996
Links
ListsHospitals in Australia

Residents of the Cities of Mordialloc and Chelsea, Victoria worked towards a community hospital from the late 1930s.[1] Having a community hospital meant residents who required routine surgery did not need to travel into Melbourne to the larger established hospitals. This was important at a time when few people had their own transport.

For many years the Mordialloc Carnival Committee contributed to the cost of building the hospital,[2] with one of its contributions to the ‘opening day’ appeal amounting to one thousand pounds, adding to the several thousand already committed

Construction work commenced on the Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital in 1950.[3] on a site between Booth St and Carrier Ave on the Nepean Highway in Parkdale.

The hospital opened in 1953 and serviced the community until 1996.[3] On 1 August 1995, the hospital became a part of the Southern Health Care Network.[4]

The former hospital site is now the main location of Central Bayside Community Health Services.[5] and so is still associated with Community Health.

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  1. ^ Community Hospitals Mordialloc and Chelsea, Argus Newspaper 6 May 1938, retrieved 1 March 2014
  2. ^ Mordialloc Carnival 1940-1968, Kingston Historical Website, retrieved 1 March 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital, Research Data Australia, retrieved 1 March 2014
  4. ^ Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital, Trove, retrieved 1 March 2014
  5. ^ Contact us, Central Bayside Community Health Services, retrieved 1 March 2014 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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