Calvary Wakefield Hospital

Calvary Wakefield Hospital
(and other names)
1883/84–2020
Map
Geography
Location57 Hutt Street, Adelaide, on the corner of Hutt Street and Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates34°55′39″S 138°36′41″E / 34.9276°S 138.6113°E / -34.9276; 138.6113
Organisation
Care systemPrivate, not-for-profit
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds50 at opening of building in 1935
172 at closure in 2020
History
Opened1883 or 1884 (under other names)
Closed2020
Links
Websitewww.calvarycare.org.au/wakefield-private-hospital-adelaide/about/
ListsHospitals in Australia

The Calvary Wakefield Hospital, formerly Private Hospital, Wakefield Street (PHWS) and variants, Wakefield Street Private Hospital, Wakefield Memorial Hospital and Wakefield Hospital, referred to informally as "the Wakefield", was a private hospital founded in 1883 or 1884 on Wakefield Street in Adelaide, South Australia. In 1935, the hospital occupied new, purpose-built premises on the corner of Wakefield and Hutt Streets. In 2006 it was acquired by Little Company of Mary Health Care Ltd., known as Calvary Health Care, a Roman Catholic not-for-profit organisation. In 2020 it was vacated, being replaced by a newly constructed facility, the Calvary Adelaide Hospital. The hospital provided acute care with inpatient and outpatient facilities, orthopaedic, and neurosurgical services to patients. It specialised in cardiac care, and was the only private 24/7 accident and emergency unit in the city. It employed 600 staff.[1]

  1. ^ "About Calvary Wakefield Hospital". Little Company of Mary Health Care. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2021.