Hospital staff.
The central vitrine embedded in the timeline in the new Maitland Hospital honours the people who provide the health care and services that ensure patient well-being.
The backdrop is an artwork by Adrian Lockhart and, at the base, a small selection of items from the Maitland Hospital Collection that are reminders of the important and varied roles played by hospital staff.
Hospital staff, New Maitland Hospital, January 2022.
Adrian Lockhart, Hospital Staff, 2021
acrylic and charcoal on canvas on board
110x120cm
(Maitland Hospital Collection 425)
Adrian Lockhart uses lines, colours and shapes to evoke and honour the staff and volunteers who, over the years and in a variety of capacities, ensure the hospital delivers patient care.
His Hospital staff is a companion to the four artworks he created for the exhibition A Conspicuous Object.
On/off surgical dressers’ duty board, 1950s/1960s.
(Maitland Hospital Collection 71)
Visit ‘On or off duty’ to find out more about this item.
‘Staff records’ box of index cards, 1930s to 1950s.
(Maitland Hospital Collection 317)
Each card provides the following details about each staff member: name, date of birth, address, dependents, religion, telephone, commenced (work), discontinued, holidays (dates given), remarks.
The Maitland Hospital Collection has a number of photographs and images of staff from different eras. Scattered at the base of the vitrine are reproductions of some of these images.
Click on the images to get a larger view, details of the photographs and a slide show.
There are a number of stories about Maitland Hospital staff published on this website. Click on the tag ‘staff’ below to get a list of them.