Reid, Dora and Samms, Sarah. Interview about Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital

• Other Authors: Dora Reid was born on July 15, 1936. She worked as a Blue Aid in the hospital and after raising her family she returned to work in the kitchen. Sarah Samms was born on October 10, 1941. She worked in housekeeping and as a cook in the hospital. Both women are retired now.
• Format: Audio
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Work; Medicine; Hospitals; Reid; Dora (1936-); Samms; Sarah (1941-); Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_wn/id/2803

Katherine Harvey interviews Dora Reid and Sarah Samms about their memories of working in the Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital. (00:00-05:00) - Dora working as Blue Aid, Sarah worked in laundry then housekeeping and kitchen, typical day, C-sections, living in the hospital (05:00-10:00) - living in the hospital, curfew and sneaking out, washrooms, patient who hid one night, drunk man coming in (10:00-15:00) housekeeping tasks, kitchen work, shifts, foods cooked in the kitchen, catering to patient's families (15:00-20:00) nurses, romance between staff, changes in the hospital (20:00-22:06) changes from cottage hospital and new hospital