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Ethel Byrne (28 August 1895 – 5 November 1957) was an
She resigned as a pathologist from Newcastle Hospital in 1946 and she became its tuberculosis officer in 1947 when the chest unit was opened in Rankin Park. Byrne House was a new building for the recuperation of male tuberculosis patients. In 1951 she recounted that very ill patients were on the ground floor until they recovered. The provisions of adequate pensions meant that her patients had less to worry about.
Byrne never married and she died in
Biography at ADB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Ethel 1895 births 1957 deaths People from the Riverina Australian pathologists
Australia
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n physician and pathologist.
Life
Byrne was born inCookardinia
Cookardinia is a rural locality in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality is south of the regional city of Wagga Wagga and east of the town of Henty. Its surrounding area has a population of some 283.
The place name ...
in New South Wales. She was the ninth of ten children and her younger sister, Lorna Byrne, became an army major and a radio broadcaster.
Her parents were Margaret (born Crennan) and James Byrne; they were both born in New South Wales. Her father was a teacher. Byrne went to West Maitland Girls' High School before going on to study at the University of Sydney
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.
She was employed at Newcastle Hospital in 1919 during the flu pandemic
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These sympto ...
. She was appointed as a "junior" but was Newcastle's only medical officer during the pandemic
A pandemic ( ) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. Widespread endemic (epi ...
, and in the following year, there was an outbreak of tuberculosis. She stayed at the hospital until 1928 when she left, but she continued as a consultant.
She resigned as a pathologist from Newcastle Hospital in 1946 and she became its tuberculosis officer in 1947 when the chest unit was opened in Rankin Park. Byrne House was a new building for the recuperation of male tuberculosis patients. In 1951 she recounted that very ill patients were on the ground floor until they recovered. The provisions of adequate pensions meant that her patients had less to worry about.
Byrne never married and she died in Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
's hospital on 5 November 1957 intestate.
References
External links
Biography at ADB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Ethel 1895 births 1957 deaths People from the Riverina Australian pathologists