The following memories and stories about the Maitland Hospital emerged from background research, and from being shared by artists, staff, volunteers, patients and community members.
Nurse Finney.
Nancy Finney’s daughters share photographs and memories about their Mum’s training and work as a nurse at Maitland Hospital from 1933 to 1944.
Vivid memories.
Roger Crouch shares some of his vivid memories of working as a Registered Medical Officer at Maitland Hospital in 1967.
The smell of porridge.
Paediatrician Keith Howard shares his memories of working in the children’s ward at Maitland Hospital from the late 1970s to 2014.
Provided great enjoyment.
Rocking horses in the children’s ward from the mid-twentieth century provided some distraction for young patients.
Our family doctors.
Sisters Lyn Morris and Dianne Morante share fond memories of their family doctors, John Abrahams and Maurice Hurst both of whom worked at Maitland Hospital.
Only one toilet to use.
Faith Simon shares changing experiences of giving birth at the Maitland Hospital.
An ambulance, a patient and a nurse.
Anne McDonald recalls a memorable ambulance trip from Maitland Hospital to Sydney in 1984.
Long hard hours.
Leanne Debenham shares her fond memories of the stories her grandmother, Muriel Morris, told about training and working at The Maitland Hospital.
My aunts trained at the hospital.
Diane Klasen tells the stories of her aunts, Reta and Pat Fleming, who both trained as nurses at The Maitland Hospital.
A Mother’s Day baby.
Miranda Lawry reflects on her third daughter’s birth at Maitland Hospital on Mother’s Day 1993.
Babies … came flying out of that shute!
Maitland residents’ memories of the maternity ward at Maitland Hospital.
The smell of freshly washed sheets.
Greg Parrey shares his memories of The Maitland Hospital.
Drawing memories.
Artworks created by Peter Poulet in response to hearing memories about The Maitland Hospital and Maitland more broadly.
Roast beef, plum pudding and Santa Claus.
Christmas at The Maitland Hospital, then and now.