Mordialloc-Cheltenham Community Hospital

Coordinates: 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.

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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References

• http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11176934#pstart586391
• http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/513.htm
• http://researchdata.ands.org.au/mordialloc-cheltenham-community-hospital
• http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/637745?q=Mordialloc&c=people
• http://www.cbchs.org.au/Our-Sites/Our-Sites/Our-Sites.asp