Alameda Hospital

Alameda HospitalAlameda Hospital began as Alameda Sanitorium, where Creedon transformed a small house into a six-bed facility with a much-needed operating room. Before its establishment, Alameda had no medical facilities. Doctors were transported to patients' homes by carriage and bicycle, and patients were brought to doctors’ offices. Surgeries were often performed on kitchen tables, typically using chloroform as the most common anesthetic. By 1901, the hospital expanded to three stories and established a nursing school. In 1925, a new building was constructed at its current location. As it stands today, this 110-room facility was the first fully electrified hospital in the western region. Numerous expansions over the years have resulted in the present state-of-the-art 135-bed facility.