Berrima District Hospital was connected to gas mains allowing kerosene lanterns to be replaced. In 1919, the hospital was renamed Berrimah District Hospital and had expanded to occupy . Electricity was connected to the facility in 1925. A significant boost in funding for the hospital was provided in March 1926, with the institution benefited from a legacy of £3 million from the will of a Miss C.B. Smith. An isolation ward followed in 1928. The following year an ambulance service was established, cementing the hospital's role as a hub for healthcare in the region. The hospital had outgrown the original buildings by 1935 and was relocated to a modern complex taking advantages of advances in medicine. It was opened by Member for Wollondilly Mark Morton and incorporated men's, women's and children's wards, operating theatres and dedicated areas housing anesthesia and X-ray departments. The Milton Park Wing was developed in 1959 and remains as the main surgical ward. Further extension of the hospital facilities in the 1960s added a dedicated maternity ward and emergency department. Reflecting the growth of Bowral as the regional centre of the Southern Highlands, the hospital's name was changed to Bowral and District Hospital in 1968. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the range of specialist services provided by the hospital was expanded, including the addition of rehabilitation and cardiac units. During the 1990s, the hospital sold undeveloped land on the north west of the site allowing the development of the Southern Highlands Private Hospital, which opened in 1996. In 1998, the hospital received additional funding allowing the allocation of two beds for patients with sub-acute mental illness, although the hospital does not maintain a full-time psychiatric capability. In 2017 NSW Health announced that a $50 million upgrade of the hospital. As of 2021, this upgrade is now complete. The upgrade added new operating theatres, more birthing suites, more single rooms with ensuites. Additionally, the upgrades moved the main entrance of the hospital/emergency ward to the Western side of the facility adjacent to Mona Road. Transport Bowral and District Hospital is well serviced by public transport links provided by Berrima Buslines throughout the Southern Highlands. The hospital is served directly by local routes 811, 814 and 815 six days per week. Route 811 provides connections to Bowral railway station. Route 808 buses also stop at the hospital, providing links to the rural villages of Kangaloon and Robertson. Statistics