The hospital at Rankin Park being built in response to the threat from invaders during WW2 - with the Royal Newcastle hospital being on the shoreline and in firing range.
For some years this hospital served as a respiratory disease ward, with patients suffering from tuberculosis and other ailments. Now of course it is a rehabilitation centre associated with the John Hunter.
Thursday 17 April 1947
And what do you know? Transport for visitors to the hospital was a contentious issue even in 1948!
And what do you know? Transport for visitors to the hospital was a contentious issue even in 1948!
