Premium Content Subscriber only AFTER nearly half a century serving Ipswich and helping to bring generations of local families into the world, Dr Bob McGregor has decided it is time to hang up the stethoscope and pull down the shingle. The 75-year-old has played a monumental role in shaping both of the city’s hospitals since he arrived in Ipswich in 1974. He admits he lost track of the number of babies he’s helped deliver a long time ago. Dr Bob McGregor. The paediatrician will officially finish up on Tuesday night after chairing his final meeting for the St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital’s medical advisory board.