Karori Lunatic Asylum | |
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Geography | |
Location | Karori, New Zealand |
Coordinates | 41°17′05″S 174°44′30″E / 41.284682°S 174.741601°E |
History | |
Opened | 1854 |
Closed | 1873 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Karori Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Karori. Established in 1854, it was New Zealand's first asylum. The first patient was admitted in the same year, but it would be 1858 before a second patient arrived. [1] Poorly run by untrained staff, there was only an occasional doctor's visit, and no attempt at cures. By 1871, there were 23 patients with a variety of disorders. The facility closed in 1873 with the patients transferred to Mount View Lunatic Asylum. In 1875, Karori School opened on the grounds of Karori Lunatic Asylum. [2]