96:, Calvary Hospital (now Wakefield Hospital) or Lewisham Hospital (later the Home of Compassion). By 1942 Bassam was a specialist hospital. Cecily performed all the procedures although people were then mistrustful of female surgeons. She was assisted by women anaesthetists Jessie Burnett, Claudia Shand and Dora Young.
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