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Warburton Hospital

Coordinates: 37°45′4.28″S 145°42′19.11″E / 37.7511889°S 145.7053083°E / -37.7511889; 145.7053083
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37°45′4.28″S 145°42′19.11″E / 37.7511889°S 145.7053083°E / -37.7511889; 145.7053083

Warburton Hospital
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Front Building, Warburton Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationDonna Buang Road, Warburton, Victoria, Australia
Organisation
TypePrivate
History
Opened1910
Closed30 September 2000
Links
ListsHospitals in Australia

Warburton Hospital was a private, Adventist hospital in Warburton, Victoria in Australia. The hospital was owned by the Trans Australian Union Conference of the Seventh day Adventist Church. It had 50 hospital beds, a high dependency unit and a 24-hour emergency department, a pathology lab, birthing suites, and radiology and operating theatres.[1][2]

History

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The hospital was opened in 1910.[1] The hospital had a net loss of $2.25 million (including depreciation) over the previous five years. It was placed on the market in January 1998.[3] It was sold in September 2000, and ceased operations on 14 March 2001 despite recently having received $250,000 in refurbishments.[2] A separate source reports it was closed since 2006.[1]

In 2020, an unsuccessful Change.org petition was signed by 2400 community members to reopen the hospital in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Dick, Samantha (19 May 2020). "Bidders race to reactivate abandoned Australian hospital". The New Daily.
  2. ^ a b Hui, Jin (31 May 2022). "Residents still want to see Warburton Hospital reopened". Upper Yarra Star Mail. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Adventist Review Online - With All Our Might". Adventistreview.org. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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