Ostrovo Unit
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The Ostrovo Unit was a field hospital unit with the Transport Column of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. It comprised approximately 200 beds and was situated near Lake Ostrovo during the First World Wa
Women of the (America) Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospital at Ostrovo
Dr. Lilian Cooper and Josephine Bedford, Serbia c.1916-1917
Dr. Mary De Garis, Chief Medical Officer
The Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Services was founded in 1914. It was led by Dr Elsie Inglis and provided nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, cooks and orderlies. By the end of World War I,
Ostrovo Unit
…The Ostrovo Unit was a field hospital unit with the Transport Column of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. It comprised approximately 200 beds and was situated near Lake Ostrovo (or Lake Vegoritida in the Greek region of Macedonia) during the First World…
Dr Elsie Inglis
Dr Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont. Painting by Norah Neilson Gray.
Memorial plaque in St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh