Staff Spotlight
A recent addition to the volunteers is Jack Leighton. Jack has completed a certificate in Library Studies at TAFE and is looking increase his skills and employment prospects. Jack joined the Library team at RNSH working on preserving and making widely available information about the community involvement in building and support of the original Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. He is digitising a book of fragile newspaper clippings and creating an online searchable database of the early history of Ryde Hospital that start in the 1920s and go through to the 1990s. Jack is the 6 th volunteer to work on this project and has started his work on newspapers from October 1939. You can explore his work on this link
Photo courtesy of Jack Leighton
T he original newspaper clipping are crumbling and most cannot be found in libraries or on Trove – the Australian Digital Newspaper Repository If the clippings are not digitised, this record of our community involvement will be lost forever. Next year is the 90 th anniversary of Ryde Hospital. The original Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital opened its doors to the public on May 12, 1934. The clipping are a fascinating insight into this community activity in building and supporting the hospital. The new fit for purpose 21 st century Ryde Hospital will open on the same site in 2026. https://rydehospitalredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au/
Humpty Dumpty Donates Equipment for Paediatric ED
Ryde ED received a generous donation form the Humpty Dumpty Foundation this month. A vital signs observa- tion machine specially for the paediatric area in the emergen- cy department. For more than 30 years, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation and its supporters have provid- ed lifesaving medical equip- ment and healthcare initiatives for sick children in around 500 hospitals and health services across Australia. To date, Humpty has raised more than $90 million, provided thou- sands of pieces of medical equipment and funded many healthcare initiatives and ser- vices to Paediatric Wards, Ne- onatal Units, Maternity and Emergency Departments across the country.
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