van Melle, took over the initiative in 1955 and contacted the Dutch public broadcaster NCRV did developments grow more seriously.

In 1960 a fundraising show was broadcast on television which generated more than 2 million Dutch guilders.

[1] Together with a large donation from Suralco [nl][2] and a low interest loan of the same amount, there was enough money to build a hospital.

In late 1961 construction was started, and the hospital eventually opened on 30 November 1962.

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