National Chest Hospital - gift

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Title

National Chest Hospital - gift

Description

"REFRIGERATOR FOR CARDIAC DENTAL CLINIC: Nurse Audrey Rhooms, Dental Nurse at the Cardia Dental Clinic - National Chest Hospital - [2nd left] bends forward to stock the 7 cu. ft. refrigerator that had just been presented to the clinic by Colgate-Palmolive Co. [Ja.] Ltd. The refrigerator, which is being used to store dental drugs and filling material, was donated by Colgate as part of the company's on-going aid programme to the Cardiac Dental Clinic. The clinic was officially opened in October 1976, after a donation of $16,500 by Colgate, towards the refurbishing and equipping of the clinic. Others, from left: Lascelles Ellis, of Colgate's Administrative Department; National Chest Hospital Matron Carmen Brooks; Hospital Attendant Lester Mitchell; Nurse Dorrett Williams, Registered Nurse in charge of the Dental Clinic; Colgate's Rose Phillips; Hospital Administrator Justus Salmon; and Dr. Muriel Lowe, Senior Medical Officer of the Hospital."

Subject

King George V Sanitorium; National Chest Hospital; Hospitals - Jamaica; Gifts; Hospitals - Employees

Creator

Herbie Gordon (Daily News)

Date

Jun-1979

Source

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Daily News Collection - Hospitals, Ja.

Identifier

D0005997
Acc. no.: 19292

Rights

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

Format

JPEG

Type

Photograph

Citation

Herbie Gordon (Daily News), “National Chest Hospital - gift,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed November 23, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5283.