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Karitane hospital

Kar·i·ta·ne hos·pi·tal [ kèrrə tnee hòspit'l ] (plural Kar·i·tane hos·pi·tals)


noun 
Definition:
 
hospital for mothers and babies: a hospital in New Zealand for mothers and young babies, run according to the principles of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children

[Early 20th century. After Karitane, on the South Island, New Zealand, where nurses were first trained according to the principles]
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