Fairfield Hospital
After the Second World War, the mass production of penicillin and other antibiotics enabled a decline in several infectious diseases. As a result, in 1948 new legislation enabled the hospital to treat general medical and surgical patients, and the Queen's Memorial Hospital was renamed Fairfield Hospital.
In 1959 Vivian Bullwinkel is appointed Matron of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. After her retirement in 1977, she is honoured with The Vivian Bullwinkel School of Nursing being opened at Fairfield Hospital in September 1978.
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