Camogli Hospital Tristan da Cunha

Camogli Hospital
Camogli Hospital, named after the home town of 1892 Italian settlers Andrea Repetto & Gaetano Lavarello, was built on an exposed site at the west end of the Settlement near Hottentot Gulch in 1971.It replaced the original 'Station Hospital' in temporary buildings erected in 1942 when Tristan was the home of the HMS Atlantic Isle naval station, with a resident doctor (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Woolley was medical officer-in-charge) for the first time in the island's history. Prior to 1942 Tristan had no specialist medical services, relying on self-help and any expertise on passing ships. This 1983 photograph shows boarded up windows in the doctor's bungalow after recent gale damage. The hospital was severely damaged by the 2001 hurricane.

	Camogli Hospital Camogli Hospital, named after the home town of 1892 Italian settlers Andrea Repetto & Gaetano Lavarello, was built on an exposed site at the west end of the Settlement near Hottentot Gulch in 1971.It replaced the original 'Station Hospital' in temporary buildings erected in 1942 when Tristan was the home of the HMS Atlantic Isle naval station, with a resident doctor (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Woolley was medical officer-in-charge) for the first time in the island's history. Prior to 1942 Tristan had no specialist medical services, relying on self-help and any expertise on passing ships. This 1983 photograph shows boarded up windows in the doctor's bungalow after recent gale damage. The hospital was severely damaged by the 2001 hurricane.
	2004 View The 21st Century Hospital and doctor's houses have been re-roofed and re-furbished after the 2001 hurricane. The Medical Officer is the only permanent resident expatriate post on on the island as even the Administrator has mid-tour leaves (with the Chief Islander normally deputising). The hospital contains a waiting area, casualty/emergency room, consulting rooms, theatre, x-ray department, dental rooms, 2 general wards and a labour ward. Five local nurses assist the resident doctor. Hospital equipment includes 2 portable x-ray machines & developers and an emergency trolley with ECG and defibrillator. The theatre is fairly well equipped with an anaesthetic machine and endoscope. A new ambulance up to advanced life support standards was received in 2003.
RESIDENT DOCTOR The current Medical Officer is Dr Carel Van der Merwe who is accompanied by his wife Ingrid.