Oamaru Public Hospital in 1908. At left was the lecture room; the entrance and office were reached from the veranda. The matron’s office was located behind the nurse standing at right. The children’s ward was in the building at the far right. Photos...
Oamaru Public Hospital in 1908. At left was the lecture room; the entrance and office were reached from the veranda. The matron’s office was located behind the nurse standing at right. The children’s ward was in the building at the far right. Photos...
The men’s surgical ward, 1898.
The men’s surgical ward, 1898.
Inside a room in the nurses’ tutorial dormitory. Photos by Shannon Gillies.
Inside a room in the nurses’ tutorial dormitory. Photos by Shannon Gillies.
Outside what was the nurses’ home.
Outside what was the nurses’ home.
Looking out to Oamaru through the vandalised windows in the now derelict children’s ward.
Looking out to Oamaru through the vandalised windows in the now derelict children’s ward.
Working on meal plans for demolition workers in the former tuberculosis annexe are (from left) Cook and cleaner Kylie Dobbs and Samara Stil and Michelle Cleghorn, of demolition company NikauGroup.
Working on meal plans for demolition workers in the former tuberculosis annexe are (from left) Cook and cleaner Kylie Dobbs and Samara Stil and Michelle Cleghorn, of demolition company NikauGroup.
The entrance to the children’s ward.
The entrance to the children’s ward.
Hospital fading into history
Oamaru's old ‘‘hospital on the hill'' is being torn down to make way for a residential development proposed for the site. The hospital served the...