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Address 120 Kensington Rd, Toorak Gardens SA 5065, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMonday(Adelaide Cup Day)Open 24 hoursHours might differ Similar Calvary North Adelaide, Calvary Wakefield Hospital, Ashford Hospital - Adelaide, Repatriation General Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital | ||
The Burnside War Memorial Hospital is the only private community hospital in the City of Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia.
A local resident of Toorak Gardens, Otto George Ludwig von Rieben, offered his Attunga property for use as a community hospital free of charge in 1944. The Council had first suggested building a community hospital in August 1943 as part of its Post-War Reconstruction and Development Committee; it was to cost 100,000 pounds and to remain as a memorial to honour Burnside's war dead. In April 1949 the first conversion of von Rieben's home was complete and the hospital was caring for 21 patients. The hospital closed for a month in 1956 and when it reopened was given its present name: The Burnside War Memorial Hospital. By then it had cared for over 1,400 patients.