In this show I return to the Mater to look at the extraordinary history of the hospital. In what is a very special episode recorded in the old victorian wing, I look at what the hospital was like in the late 19th century. The archivist Helen Madden gives fascinating insights into
- What was 19th century operations were like.
- What was hospital food like in the early days?
- How the Mater treated those injured in the 1916 Rising
- The story of the republican hunger-striker Thomas Ashe who died in the Mater in 1917.
- How tensions rose between the hospital staff and the IRA during the War of Independence after a patient in a nearby hospital was executed!
I also interviewed Prof Ronan Cahill about the extraordinary history being made in the Mater today through the use of robotics and AI. I would like to thank Helen Madden & Professor Ronan Cahill for taking the time to talk to me and Debbie Killeen for her work in making this episode possible.
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