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New Amsterdam Public Hospital

New Amsterdam, Guyana · built 1881

New Amsterdam Public Hospital in New Amsterdam, Guyana, is the country's biggest hospital after Georgetown Public Hospital. It was described as a “timber architectural masterpiece”. The building was later declared unfit to work and left abandoned. It slowly collapsed due to vandalism and deterioration. Old location: 6.2412°N 57.5217°W / 6.2412; -57.5217 In 1893, the hospital had 150 beds, four sick wards (one designated for females) each with 24 beds with a window between each bed. The hospital moved to a new location in 2005.

Hospital data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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