• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE6603

Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children

(From 1925 – 1963)
  • Occupation Hospital

Summary

The New Hospital for Women was renamed the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children when it was relocated to Redfern in 1925. The original hospital was co-founded by Dr Lucy Gullett and opened in January 1922. The Hospital was recognised as a public hospital in 1931.

In 1963 the name was changed to the Rachel Foster Hospital and four years later the first all-male ward was opened.

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