The last working Sister of Mercy at Mercy Hospital in Dunedin has retired from nursing.
Sr Chanel Hardiman, who is in her late 70s, was honoured at a farewell function at Marinoto House, in Dunedin, on Wednesday.
She entered the Sister of Mercy’s novice training in South Dunedin, aged 20, in 1953.
She told her guests much had changed during her career. Technology altered “everything”, in terms of equipment used and the job’s demands.
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