Readers share their memories of building which housed Sudbury hospital for most of the previous century
While writing the column that you are currently reading, I have spent countless hours sitting within view of Red Oak Villa and what remains of the old St. Joseph’s Hospital.
So, as Roger Brugess commented “I was born there…but don’t remember much having been born at such a young age.” Diane B. Rogers, having worked in the hospital, has many memories of the building, however, the one that sticks out the most was that she “hated having to walk past the morgue to go to the cafeteria.”
Unfortunately, as with some 19th century buildings that may not have been kept structurally sound over time, the ravages of age took hold and as another prolific contributor at “Sudbury Then and Now,” Geoffrey Lee, noted , “Towards its end, it was a crummy dump.” Unfortunately, as is always the case, not everyone has great memories of their hospital visits. Two readers shared similar experiences that their mothers had while at the hospital giving birth to them.
Over the years, more than a few former patients became employees of the Hospital . Lynn Scott Gainer’s reminiscences perfectly encapsulate for us the life that these former patients who are now on the other side of the capping ceremony . Christina Moore was quite enamoured with St. Joseph’s as she wrote that she “used to love visiting my mom's aunt there… Grey nun worked in the nursery.” That same feeling of affection for the Hospital and its staff is echoed in a comment by Kuljeet Buttoo who “always found the hospital to have very calm environment. A great team of doctors, and nurses…”
Of course, as with the patient experience, the observations of former nurses also differed widely amongst our commenters. Judy Chaperon, who graduated from the Sudbury Regional School of Nursing in 1973 and had her first position as an RN on F floor called working at St. Joseph’s a “great experience we gave good patient care.”
Councillor Joscelyne Landry-Altmann expressed to the project backers, Autumnwood, that, “There's one thing you didn't talk about, and that's the tunnel that exists between St. Joseph's Hospital and the diocese building.”
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