Seychelles Hospital History
Written by Editor on 8th June 2022
Seychelles Hospital in Victoria (Mahe, Seychelles)
The first hospital constructed in Seychelles was a wooden building located in the center of the Capital Victoria (Etablissement Du Roi). It was constructed sometime in the 18th century, (after 1778) not far from what is now the old Bel Air Cemetery, up what is now called Revolution Avenue.
The Hospital was relocated to a different location near Mont Fleuri Road. A small hospital named the St. John of God Hospital which had been built in 1866 and stood on the slope where the National House is now located.
Seychelles Hospital is at its current location, further south along the Mont Fleuri Road (Hermitage), which was opened on Sunday, November 30, 1924. Today years later, the Seychelles Hospital has expanded, modernized, and is seen as the cradle of the island nation’s health.
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Kevin O'Connor On 25th October 2024 at 3:06 PM
I’m particularly interested in the hospital that was built in 1866. My great grandaunt was a nun in The St. Joseph of Cluny Order which opened its mission in Mahe in the 1850s. I have a letter from her to her father dated 19th September 1865:
“You will be interested to hear that by the mail of July we received two sisters for the hospital which has not yet been opened. I mean never kept by the sisters it was up to this time directed by the protestants. I beg of you to pray that it may get on well under the direction of the Sisters. There is a great deal of good to be done”.
I would like to learn more about this hospital, who built it and when was it opened?
Editor On 4th November 2024 at 9:51 AM
Will try and see if i can get additional info regarding that for interest sake and email mu findings – thanx for checking out our pages!