Orange City Council supported by Pinnacle Health Care and Orange Regional Arts Foundation are in the final stages of completing a medical history of Orange book. Pre-orders can now be taken at Orange City Library for the book titled In Sickness and in Health – How medicine helped shape Orange's history. In Sickness and in Health takes an original approach in exploring how medicine shaped the history of Orange and the surrounding districts from the earliest days of settlement to the 21st century Base Hospital on the Bloomfield campus.
The book contains many photographs from public and private collections, is extensively indexed and is written by experienced local author Elisabeth Edwards.
In Sickness and in Health pre-order forms are available from Orange City Library, or download directly from the website homepage: www.cwl.nsw.gov.au or by phoning 6393 8120, or email: [email protected].