Afterwards it became a Children's Theatre for a year. After the War, the part of the 'Great Ward' which remained became a Command Hall for the Allied Troops. It was evacuated during the Second World War during which it took four direct hits, which destroyed certain parts of it. The building was included on the Antiquities List of 1925. The building today, as seen from the Lower Barrakka Gardensįrom 1920 until May 1940 it served as the headquarters of the Malta Police Force. The French capitulated on 5 September 1800 and it was immediately occupied by 350 British Troops. Diseases like nightblindness, scurvy, intestinal diseases and phthisis were common. Supplies like medication, fresh food, water and clothing were scarce. As soon as the Maltese insurrection began, the hospital's efficiency began to deteriorate. They also changed it to a military hospital to accommodate the sick French sailors and soldiers, which resulted in the name change from Sacra Infermeria to Hopital Militaire. They improved its ventilation, sanitation and lighting. When the French, under Napoleon Bonaparte, occupied Malta in 1798, they made alterations to the hospital. These included a Quadrangle, the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a laboratory and a pharmacy. More work was carried out in 1712, during the reign of Grand Master Ramon Perellos y Roccaful. A dissection room was built in the infirmary due to the school, which was later on moved to the site of the graveyard outside the infirmary. During his reign, in 1676, a School of Anatomy and Surgery was established in the infirmary itself. This work continued until 1666, during the reign of Raphael's successor and brother, Nicolas Cotoner.
In 1636, one of the pharmacies was closed down.ĭuring the reign of Grand Master Raphael Cotoner, the infirmary was enlarged, having more wards added.
In 1596 a phalange was built, which was meant to accommodate the patients with venereal and contagious diseases. It was meant to receive Maltese and foreign patients, as well as to provide lodging to pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land. Its architect is not known, but it is usually attributed to Girolamo Cassar. It was completed towards the end of the 16th century. Construction instigated in the same year. The Holy Infirmary was ordered to be built by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière on 7 November 1574, after a Chapter General, to replace the already existing one in Birgu. The building is now used for multiple banquets, exhibitions, international conventions and theatrical shows. It had a capacity to keep from 500 to 2,500 patients. It was one of the leading hospitals in Europe until the 18th century, and it remained in use until 1920. It was known as the Grand Hôspital during the French occupation of Malta and during the British period was named as the Station Hospital. John, and it was known as the Sacra Infermeria or the Holy Infirmary ( Maltese: Il-Furmarija). The building was built as a hospital in the 16th century by the Order of St. The Mediterranean Conference Centre ( MCC, Maltese: Dar il-Mediterran għall-Konferenzi) is a conference centre in Valletta, Malta.
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