Sydney Hospital
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The Sydney Hospital is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Macquarie Street in the central business district.
History
Florence Nightingale, in 1868, in answer to an appeal from Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales sent Lucy Osburn along with 5 other nursing sisters to take charge of the Infirmary.Quote from Board of Directors in 1853:
- "What would this City, what would the Colony do without the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary; where would the unhappy Victims of Disease meet with relief of cure? What doors would be open for the houseless stranger, or the sons and daughters of poverty, suffering under acute and dangerous disease? Day and night its gates are open for the reception of all who are thrown into jeopardy by accidents, and the best advice of the most skilful Medical men, and the best of treatment are secured for them. If there be one benevolent Institution more deserving of support than another it is this ..."