NRS-20899 | Register of Surgical Operations [Gilgandra District Hospital]

Full description

The series contains registers of surgical operations carried out at the Gilgandra District Hospital.

Gilgandra District Hospital opened on 16 August 1916. (1)

Successive legislation, which originated in Model by-law 113 for this series of volumes, mandated Public Hospitals and a number of other health institutions to record specific information in a register whenever a surgical operation was performed. (2)

The information in the volumes varies slightly over time, but typically includes the following: the hospital name with columns headed by the date of the operation, designated theatre, serial number, patient name, age, medical record number, ward, anaesthetic, anaesthetist, theatre sister in attendance, nature of the surgical procedure, total time, surgeon’s name, assistants present and remarks.

The volumes are arranged in chronological order with a commencement and completion date on the cover, or the year of the register.

Endnotes
1. National Library of Australia, Trove, Annual Report, Gilgandra District Hospital http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21785193?selectedversion=NBD12070089 (accessed 17 November 2015)
2. NSW Government Health, Policy Directive, Register of Surgical Operations, PD2014_049, http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2014/pdf/PD2014_049.pdf (accessed 17 November, 2015)