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"Man awaits the opening of the dispensary. The KPH waiting room was closed as Government pharmacists stayed off the job a second day."

This will soon be a scene of the past. The many cars, minibuses, motorcycles, handcarts and pedestrians that add to the daily congestion on North Street between the Kingston Public and Jubilee hospitals will no longer do so following a decision of…

"K.P.H. gate at North and Princess Streets yesterday shortly after police arrested gate porter, Frank Hylton."

"The remainder of a fleet of ambulances at the Kingston Public Hospital which were on standby for emergencies during the nomination of candidates for the General Election on the previous day."

"The number of vendors who sell outside and within the compound of the K.P.H. has continued to increase to such an extent that the nurses complain that they can hardly find place to walk. Some even sell on the hospital wards as well as push their…

"The situation of inadequacy and frustration at Kingston Public Hospital grows worse everyday with long lines of patients seeking attention."

"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."

Nurses spreading beds at the Kingston Public Hospital.

"Beds out in the open at the KPH awaiting cleaning. The beds and other pieces of furniture are being cleaned and mended prior to the return of patients to the institution."

Items being carted away at the Kingston Public Hospital.