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Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin |
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It was originally established by order of a Dutch General in 1810. It is evidence again of the influence that foreigners had in Bandung, during the Colonial era. It is hard to deny the contributions of the Dutch during their occupation. Bandung can today boast of many legacies turned heritage, and Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin isjust one of them.
Perkumpulan Vereniging Bandoengsche Ziekenhuis (Bandung's Hospital Association), of which half of the members were Dutch doctors, was founded in 1914. Shortly after the Association was established, the members initiated the develoPment of Bandung's General Hospital. It began to take shape in 1917, and the development of the hospital was complete in 1919. Soon after, the Dutch Government inaugurated the hospital with the original official name, Algemeene Bandoengsche Ziekenhuis (Bandung's General Hospital).
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When Bandung became a municipality in 1927, the hospital was then renamed Rumah Sakit Gemeentelijk Juliana (Juliana Municipality Hospital). However, in relation to its location, the hospital was more popularly known as Rancabadak Hospital. Today, the Rancabadak Hospital, now known a's Hasan Sadikin Hospital, is noted as the largest, and perhaps the oldest hospital in Bandung.
The Dutch Architect, F.J.L Ghijsels, designed Hasan Sadikin Hospital using an IndoEuropean architectural style. The distinctive feature of explicit blending between Indonesian and Colonial architecture, is noticeable if you look at the limasanstyle roof, atop the Colonial style building. Like most other Dutch properties, the building fulfilled two of the typical aims of Dutch Colonial Architects the construction is elegant, and it appears to have been designed to blend in with its surrounding environment.
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Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin is located on JI. Pasteur, the street that used to be famous for its lush landscaping, and Colonial ambience. Today, JI. Pasteur is no longer lush. It is bustling with traffic. However, some European properties from the Dutch Colonial era, including the Pasteur Institution, and the Dana Mulia Foundation, havebeen maintained, and the street stitt retains some Colonial ambience.
Most certainly, Rumali Sakit Hasan Sadikin has an interesting history. Soon after the Japanese occupied Bandung, the hospital was closed to the public. It was only used to treat Japanese troops, and the name was changed to Rumah Sakit.Tentara Ryukugun Byoin. (Ryukugun Byoin Troop's Hospital).
When the Dutch returned to Bandung in 1945. the hospital was reserved for military personnel and renamed the Dutch Military Hospital. |
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In 1948, a few years after Indonesia's I ndependence, the building's original purpose was restored, and it was reopened to the public. On 24' July 1956, it was officially inaugurated Rancabadak. Hospital (Bandung's General Hospital) by the Minister of Health. Many years later however, on 8" October 1976, it was renamed Rumah sakit Umum Dr. Hasan Sadikin,in honourof Dr.Hasan Sadikin, the Director of the hospital from 1965 to 1967. He was in fact, one of the founders of the School of Medicine at Padjadjaran University. Without a doubt, he was instrumental in improving Bandung's Public Health services.
With the growth of the City's population in the 21" century, and the increasing demand for medical services, the hospital has been necessarily extended. Consequently, a newly refurbished building, with a modern day architectural style, has been erected on A Prof. Eyeckman, behind the old building. |
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