South Africa: Sr Wattie - the Midwife From District Six Who Heeded the Call to Nurse and Deliver

[spotlight] For decades, most stories from Cape Town's District Six started with - "I was born at Peninsula Maternity Hospital!" The Peninsula Maternity Hospital was established in 1921 as a training hospital specialising in midwifery. It closed down in 1992, as services were amalgamated with Mowbray Maternity Hospital. On the day of its closure, a group of nurses climbed up to the hospital's roof to take a last look at Table Mountain and the surrounds where they served so many.