Diakonessenhuis (Paramaribo)

Diakonessenhuis is a hospital in Paramaribo, Suriname. It was founded as the Protestant hospital of Paramaribo.

Diakonessenhuis
Geography
Location	Paramaribo, Suriname
Coordinates	5.822366°N 55.183445°W / 5.822366; -55.183445
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
History
Opened	30 November 1962
Links
Website	www.diakonessenhuis.org
Lists	Hospitals in Suriname

History

In 1946 a foundation was set up to start a Diakonessenhuis in Paramaribo, but only when the director of the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht, dr. M.A. van Melle, took over the initiative in 1955 and contacted the Dutch public broadcaster NCRV did developments grow more seriously. In 1960 a fundraising show was broadcast on television which generated more than 2 million Dutch guilders.^[1] Together with a large donation from Suralco [nl]^[2] and a low interest loan of the same amount, there was enough money to build a hospital.

In late 1961 construction was started, and the hospital eventually opened on 30 November 1962.^[1]

See also

• Academic Hospital Paramaribo, a university hospital in Paramaribo;
• 's Lands Hospitaal, a general hospital in Paramaribo
• Sint Vincentius Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Paramaribo