The Amsterdam city no longer has a hospital from November 1. Then close the doors of the Prinsengracht Hospital, the place in the center where a half century hundreds of thousands of people have been treated and celebrities child were at home.
The monumental creep-a-block-through building from 1857 with many rooms, hallways and stairs no longer meets the requirements of the times. Everywhere is just glass, the paint is peeling and there are cracks in the walls.
Christmas carols
With the closure an outstanding hospital disappears. There were days when everything was possible, patients who were allowed to take their pet, an AIDS patient who is dying or sick who still wanted to marry their room turned the area into a kind of living room, where family and friends were flat door. With Christmas nurses were singing through the hallways, to entertain. Patients with carols
descent
Nurses were even selected for their singing skills. “But in addition, they were from a good family,” said Peter van der Meer, vice chairman of the board of directors. “One of the questions during job interviews was: what does your father” “The service and the class of the nurses was so good that the KLM they are only too eager to take over?. Men were allowed until 1978 to get started.
amicable
The building itself exudes the intimate atmosphere of a living room. The serene courtyard with wooden conservatory looks more like a place for nice meals. Patients after surgery awaking from anesthesia, watched by a large window of the canal.
“Normally, you wake up in a closed chamber between all devices,” recalls Van der Meer. “There was here a pleasant atmosphere: it was all what deciced and less hectic. In the breakout was even smoked until the late nineties. “The hospital was therefore a popular place for the bourgeoisie and celebrities, including Simon Carmiggelt and Ramesses.
Project
At the end of 2012 minor surgeries were performed there. The beds were lifted in 1994, when the Prinsengracht Hospital forced marriage contracted with OLVG (OLVG) next to the Amsterdam Oosterpark. The building on the Prinsengracht was an outpatient clinic. There were still plans to renovate the building and maintain. Hospital as “But it proved too expensive. It is a national monument, so you have to let much intact. “The building was sold to a developer. (Reuters)
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