Addington Hospital was the first functional hospital in Durban, at that time known as “The Bayside Hospital”, was situated on the Victoria Embankment at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court.
In 1879, the new Government Hospital was built at the present site, and named after Rt. Hon. Henry Addington who held the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1801. The name Addington originates from that of the Estate of the late BWH Addison, the first Superintendent of the hospital in present site in 1878. The hospital as it stands today was completed and officially opened on 10 November 1967.
