ht ▁Hospital ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁hospital , ▁which ▁was ▁originally ▁intended ▁only ▁for ▁Protest ant ▁patients , ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Albert ▁Jas per ▁Wal sh ▁( 1 8 1 5 – 1 8 8 0 ) ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁just ▁ 2 6 ▁years ▁old , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁Ad ela ide , ▁wife ▁of ▁William ▁IV . ▁The ▁well - known ▁phys icians ▁John ▁T . ▁Kir by ▁and ▁Maurice ▁Col les ▁were ▁honor ary ▁sur ge ons . ▁Its ▁first ▁prem ises ▁was ▁at ▁ 4 3 ▁B ride ▁Street ▁and ▁it ▁continued ▁there ▁until ▁ 1 8 4 6 . ▁It ▁was ▁then ▁closed ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁and , ▁after ▁new ▁fund ing ▁was ▁secured , ▁re - open ed ▁in ▁Peter ▁Street ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁close ▁to ▁two ▁existing ▁schools ▁of ▁medicine . ▁One ▁of ▁these , ▁the ▁Led wich ▁School , ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁hospital ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁The ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Sun be am ▁House , ▁Luc inda ▁S ull ivan , ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁lady ▁super int endent ▁of ▁the ▁hospital ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁Ad ela ide ▁hospital ▁was ▁a ▁general ▁teaching ▁hospital ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁medical ▁adv ances . ▁Its ▁char ter , ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the