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Kingston Public Hospital after staff demonstration

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"The aftermath: This was the scene in the account's office at the Kingston Pubic Hospital yesterday afternoon following a protest demonstration which forced clerical workers to flee from the office."

K.P.H. patient

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"HELPING OUT:Scenes at one of the hospitals where there is a strike of unionised workers since Friday. Soldiers who were called out are seen helping a patient-to-be out of a taxi at Jubiulee Hospital. A spokesman at the Children's Hospital told the…

K.P.H. building construction

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"Birdseye view of the North Street hospital complex, with the new emergency and accident block at left (background), the old Nurses Home and parking area at left (foreground) and the main KPH Casualty block at right."

Kingston Public Hospital entrance

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"NO ENTRY: Workmen putting on the finishing touches of paint to the gate at the intersection of North Street and Rose Lane as the section of North Street between Rose Lane and Princess Street was closed to traffic at 9:00 a.m. yesterday. Vendors (one…

K.P.H. - 'Fashion Carport'

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"Photo shows the 'Fashion Carport' attached to the Ensom City house, which is the First Prize in the KPH Bicentennial raffle due to be drawn next month. Painted and decorated for the occasion, whole families and other families and other interested…

Kingston Public Hospital - 'Teen Time'

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"TEEN TIME: David Keane (with hand raised) along with the Teen Time Singers delivers a popular religious song during their concert at the Kingston Public Hospital last Sunday, August 1, to an appreciative audience of staffers, patients and visitors…

Kingston Public Hospital - kitchen

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"A cook prepares soup in one of the seven 30-gallon steamers in the kitchen. This section prepares normal diets for patients in the hospital. Some cooks were trained on the Hope ship when it visited Jamaica."

K.P.H. Administrative Block

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"Dieticians Hyacinth Simms (with telephone) and Beverly Spaulding at work in their office on the Administrative Block of KPH)."

K.P.H. cafeteria

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"Chilled watermelon is part of the menu for a meal served in the KPH cafeteria. Thick slices are prepared in the kitchen before they are taken to the cafeteria."

JPS blackout at Kingston Public Hospital

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"Workers of the KPH in the vital human records section try to carry on with flashlights until they were finally beaten by the darkness of the situation."