Open AccessGrey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg 1855 - 1985
Author(s) -
Jennifer G Duckworth
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v8i3.593
Subject(s) - sick child , general hospital , medicine , nursing , optometry , family medicine , pediatrics
The first matron of Grey’s Hospital, Mrs Isabella O ’Hara, was appointed in October 1855 and she presided over a temporary hospital which was established in a house until such time as the hospital building should be ready. The patients were mainly lunatics and destitute people who had until then been accommodated in a room at the goal. The sick were usually cared for in their homes