ex
Sir David Bruce Hospital
The
first stone of the hospital was laid on the 6th January
1915 by Governor Rundle and the building was terminated
within two years. The army didn’t enter it before
June 1920 because of the battle. The quarters, which
are near it were built in 1893. The army filled emptied
this hospital and instead they used the ‘Bighi
Hospital’.
In
1883, under General Sir Arthur Borton, the MALTA RAILWAY
was built. It started from Valletta, passed through
Hamrun, Birkirkara, Attard and stopped at Rabat. After,
the building of this hospital it was extended to Imtarfa.
This
hospital was rebuilt by Lady Dawson on the 2nd October
1970.
If
you keep on walking there, you can notice the ‘boila’.
Here as they say, the English people used to burn
parts of the bodies like arms or legs. This used to
happen after the operation. Then there is the ‘isolation’.
This is the room where people who had serious illnesses
had to stay.
