Heritage Office

  MB BS(Adel) MS (Adel) FRACS Emeritus Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital   Dr Estcourt Hughes, well known as a surgeon and medical historian, died in Adelaide on 17 February, 1996, at the good age of ninety one years. Sir Henry Simpson Newland was his surgical hero throughout his life. After

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Irene Mary Kennedy, Superintendent of Nurses, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1966 – 1973 (retirement) Irene Kennedy was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. Her nursing career started at the Adelaide Hospital in 1933. The following paragraphs are taken from the from eulogy at the Memorial Service For Irene Kennedy, Royal Adelaide Hospital

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