A Cottage Hospital
Highlights
- Discover the history of cottage hospitals and their role in 19th-century Benalla's healthcare challenges.
- Engage with stories of resilient nurses who pioneered healthcare innovations in private homes.
- Explore the unique setting at 14 Mair Street, a testament to community-driven medical solutions.
- Learn about the evolution of healthcare while enjoying a family-friendly atmosphere in Benalla.
Caught in a threshing machine? Broken infected leg? Pneumonia? Giving birth to your sixth child? No hospital within 30 miles? These are some of the problems that ordinary Benalla folk faced in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cottage hospitals in private homes, staffed by nurses and charging modest fees were one of the answers.
Come and find out about these innovations in health care and the indefatigable nurses who set them up and maintained them at this informative talk.
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