Florence Syer nursing home transition Unit
Peter Ashley RaseySee https://www.greenslopesprivate.com.au/About-Us/Our-History see tab1990s
FLORENCE SYER UNIT In 1999 Ramsay Health Care recommissioned one of the old pavilion wards as interim accommodation facility for patients waiting for places in nursing homes. The refurbished unit was opened in June 1999 and named the Florence Syer Unit. Mrs Syer was present at the opening ceremony.
The naming of the ward commemorates her remarkable war service. One of many Australian nurses evacuated from Singapore in 1942, she survived the sinking of her ship and imprisonment by the Japanese. Mrs Syer died in Greenslopes Private Hospital in July 2002 at the age of 86.
Sources:
- FLORENCE SYER UNIT 1999 https://www.greenslopesprivate.com.au/About-Us/Our-History
