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1917
Emergency Ward – Visiting
on the Verandah
When World War I broke out in 1914 the
hospital arranged to take patients from
military camps in NSW. Some of these men
had contracted pneumonia, influenza and
cerebro-spinal meningitis in the camps,
while others required minor surgery. These
men were admitted to general civilian
wards, including verandah wards like the
one in the picture. But in 1918, when the
numbers of wounded men returning from
the front outgrew the accommodation at
Randwick Military Hospital, the Department
of Defence arranged for Royal Prince
Alfred’s entire Albert Pavilion to become
a military block. Royal Prince Alfred had
officially become a military hospital.
Photographer Clarence Hains; Image courtesy of the School
of Medicine Heritage Collection, University of Sydney
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