[90th anniversary of founding the first children's hospital in Serbia] (original) (raw)

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo

Abstract

The first children's hospital in Serbia, as an exclusive paediatric intitution, was founded in a deserted military barrack in Studenieka Street, near the Military Hospital, in January 1919. The founder was Dr. Katherine MacPhail, a young Scottish lady doctor, who came to Serbia for the first time in January 1915, with the first "Scottish Women's Hospital". After that, she worked as a volunteer during the First World War in France and on the Thessalonica Front. In the spring of 1919, the hospital was given an open pavilion in Topcider, which worked only during the summer months till 1924. In November 1919, the hospital was moved to a new building in Knez Milos Street, and then named The Anglo-Serbian Children's Hospital. In February 1920, a new annex, called "Villa Bravacić", was opened in Dubrovnik, which was active till 1922. In this hospital, the first Training School for Serbian Nurses was opened in 1921, and in February of that year, the hospital ...

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