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5 unusual facts about Royal Perth Hospital


George Bedbrook

Bedbook was challenged by Guttmann to bring organised sport to the disabled in Australia when Guttmann visited Bedbrook at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1956.

Matthew Butcher

Constable Butcher was discharged from Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital in September 2008, however, he remains paralysed from the left side down and has not been able to use his left arm since the incident.

Olive Anstey

She began training to be a nurse at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1941, despite the disapproval of her family who viewed nursing as "servitude".

Royal Perth Hospital

Several well-known practitioners and medical researchers have worked at Royal Perth Hospital over the years, including Dr Fiona Wood, winner of the 2005 Australian of the Year Award, and Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren, winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology.

It comprises the St George's Cross on a white shield with a black swan in the top left canton and a banner inscribed with the word 'Servio'.


Wellington Street, Perth

In the suburb of Perth, Wellington Street is adjacent to a number of notable buildings and landmarks, including Royal Perth Hospital, Forrest Chase shopping centre, Perth railway station, Wellington Street bus station, and Perth Arena, before reaching the Mitchell Freeway.


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