[4] The hospital grew significantly during the ten years that Healy was in charge, increasing its number of specialties, building new nursing accommodation, improving a range of out-patient facilities and services, and completing a new story in 1918.
However, Healy's goal of the hospital becoming a clinical school of the University of Sydney, was ultimately achieved by her successor Anne Daly (also known as Mother Mary Berchmans).
Building works paid for by successful fund-raising efforts and a network of auxiliaries supporting the hospital, provided employment to Melburnians during the depression.
Her plans for expansion into maternity and children's medicine was delayed by the Vatican's ban on religious sisters working in obstetrics, which was not removed until 1936.
[1] Healy died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 28 April 1952 at St Vincent's Hospital and was buried in the Rookwood cemetery.