Farsund Hospital (58°05′27″N6°48′12″E / 58.0907°N 6.8033°E / 58.0907; 6.8033) was a local hospital situated close to the town centre of Farsund in Norway. It closed in 2007 and the municipality bought the property in December 2008. It has been disused since.
Built in 1937 on 1.1 hectares (2.7 acres) on a hill overlooking the town, the hospital opened in September 1938 and has over 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) of floor space on four levels.[1][2] It was operated by the municipality until the health care reform of 2003, when it came under the regional Sørlandet sykehus HF system.
The hospital had a fine reputation for osteopathic medicine, according to Svein Mathisen, who had an ankle operation there in December 1983.[3]
The maternity ward closed in 1993 and the surgical department in 1996. In 1998 there were 70 employees. On 30 June 2005 the polyclinic, radiology, and laboratory departments closed, and the hospital stopped operating 24 hours a day. Many employees were transferred to other hospitals. In 2005 there were 55 employees. The hospital closed in October 2007 when the paediatric and youth psychiatry department moved out.[1] The municipality of Farsund had the right of first refusal on the hospital under a 1955 agreement;[4] on 15 December 2008 they bought it from Sørlandet sykehus, planning to use it to offer private health services such as radiography.[1][2][5] The old X-ray equipment was donated to a hospital in Zimbabwei.[6]
In late 2012 the municipality decided to sell the building,[1] but it must first be rezoned so that it can be used for purposes other than health care.[7] In May 2013 the municipality published planning documents under which the site is to be used for high-density housing.[8]
^ abcd"KrF vil selge Farsund sykehus", NRK, 30 November 2012 (in Norwegian)
^ abTom Arild Støle, "Sykehus-nei til Farsund? SSHF ikke fornøyd med kommunens bud", Farsunds Avis, 5 January 2008 (in Norwegian), archived at the Wayback Machine, 5 January 2008.
^Karl Birger Sælør, "Matta roste sykehuset: 'Det er nesten gøy å være skadet her i Farsund', sa Starts Svein 'Matta' Mathisen etter at han ble operert på Farsund sykehus i desember 1983", lister24.no, 19 August 2013 (in Norwegian)
^Signe Marie Rølland, "Alle syke-hussteinene er snudd", Farsunds Avis, 24 October 2007 (in Norwegian), archived Archived 2007-12-21 at archive.today at the Wayback Machine, 21 December 2007: "Farsund kommune har forkjøpsrett på Farsund sykehus, ifølge en avtale fra 1955".
^"Hva skjer på Farsund sykehus?", Farsunds Avis, 2 April 2011 (in Norwegian): "Høsten 2008 lånte Farsund kommune nær 14 millioner kroner for å sikre seg det gamle sykehuset i byen." - "In autumn 2008, the municipality of Farsund borrowed almost 14 million Norwegian kroner in order to obtain the old hospital in the town."
^"Flekkefjord pensjonister på jobb: Onsdag ble siste rest av røntgenutstyr tatt ned fra tidligere Farsund sykehus, for å bli sendt til Zimbabwe", Avisen Agder, 19 December 2008 (in Norwegian), archived at the Wayback Machine, 19 December 2008.
^Mona Wikøren, "Fortsatt lenge til sykehuset selges: Det kan gå opp mot ett år før Farsund sykehus legges ut for salg på det åpne markedet", 26 August 2013 (in Norwegian)
^"Egengodkjent områdereguleringsplan - Farsund sykehus", Farsund kommune, 12 May 2014 (in Norwegian): Planbestemmelser (pdf) (in Norwegian)
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