Uniting War Memorial Hospital notched up more than 100 years of service to the community with a special celebration at the historic Edina Estate in Waverley in April.
Uniting chief executive Tracey Burton said the event was a fantastic opportunity to honour the Vickery family's significant legacy and the enormous contribution of staff and volunteers over 100 years.
"Uniting is proud to be part of the continuing legacy of service to the community that began on April 25, 1919, when the Vickery family gifted their home to the Methodist Church to be used as a much-needed hospital and as a memorial to Australians who died fighting in the Great War," Mrs Burton said.
"On Armistice Day in 1925 the first 13 nurses graduated from War Memorial Hospital and in 1941 the hospital recorded the third highest birth rate in a NSW hospital.
"Staff and services at the hospital have changed the lives of thousands of people over many years and Uniting is passionate about preserving and continuing the history of the site and working with NSW Health to provide high quality services into the future."
The hospital became a public health organisation within the NSW Health system in 1969 and is now a part of the health district, operating as a specialist aged rehabilitation service.
Hospital executive manager Jane McGuire said the hospital had celebrated many significant milestones.
"This historic site is significant, not only as a tribute to yesterday, but for the important services it still provides today and will continue to offer into the future," she said.
"The campus is an important community hospital for our district.
"This is also the home of our award-winning Geriatric Flying Squad, launched in 2010, which sends rapid response teams to review elderly clients, keeping them healthy at home whilst minimising emergency department presentations and hospital admissions."
Services provided include 24-hour inpatient care, outpatient departments, specialist teams including transitional aged care, Aged Care Assessment Team, Geriatric Flying Squad and younger onset dementia as well as a 24-hour accommodation service for people from regional areas.