Up until the early 1990’s, of what facility did the Royal Melbourne Hospital boast the second largest in the world?

redsoxfan325

All I could find was that their Cardiothoracic Surgery Department is the largest in Victoria and second largest in Australia (currently) so maybe in 1990 it was the second largest in the world (and not just Australia). http://www.mh.org.au/Royal_Melbourne_Hospital/www/353/1001127/displayarticle/1001336.html Aug 26 08, 1:18 AM

22crows

Perhaps the 10 storey nurses home is more likely. The Charles Connibere Memorial Nurses Home opened at the same time as the new hospital at Parkville in late 1944 (after two years of occupation by the US 4th General Hospital). It was built with funds donated by George and Ernest Connibere, in memory of their brother Charles. For 50 years, trainees lived on site while working and studying for three years to become qualified nurses. Many trained nurses also chose to live at the nurses home. Hospital-based nursing undergraduate training ended in 1993, as training moved to university courses. The 10-storey "CCB" building was used for administration offices until 2004, and the courtyard was a popular venue for annual staff barbecues. The facility was demolished in 2005 and a hole dug for a five-storey underground carpark, prior to construction of the new Royal Women's Hospital on the site. [Opened in 2008] http://www.mh.org.au/royal_melbourne_hospital/www/353/1001127/displayarticle/1017115.html Aug 26 08, 7:13 AM