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End of a century plus of care

04 Nov, 2009 10:36 AM
PICTON'S oldest surgery will close later this month.

People have been treated there for more than 100 years.

Parry was name of the first doctor who worked at the Argyle Street cottage, which opened in the 1880s.

Dr Parry lived in the house next door and died from the Spanish flu that swept the world after World War I.

Back then, the house next door to the surgery was also the cottage hospital, so many locals were born there and visited the doctor next door throughout their entire lives.

Pat Rayner, who's a staff member at the practice, said very little was known about the surgery between the two world wars.

``After World War II, Dr Johnson, who was a family man, lived and worked at the surgery and raised his two boys here,'' Mrs Rayner said.

``He died about 33 years ago.''

Since then, the surgery has welcomed many patients and doctors, including Drs Michael Carr, Noel Newton, Tony Webber and Hamilton.

The surgery will close when Dr Brett Newell moves north this month.

Mrs Rayner said the staff and patients at the surgery were devastated.

``It's the last sort of family practice around here that's not like a clinic,'' she said. ``It's been a lovely place to work in and our patients aren't happy that they'll have to go somewhere else.''

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Closed for business: Picton's oldest doctor's surgery will close its doors this month. Picture: Jonathan Ng
Closed for business: Picton's oldest doctor's surgery will close its doors this month. Picture: Jonathan Ng

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