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A young male patient lying on a hospital bed receiving intravenous fluids.

"Back on the Job: Registered nurses seen back on the job yesterday at the KPH after a two-day work stoppage to protest Government's response to their 12-point claim. The work resumption formula was reached when the Nurses Association of Jamaica and…

"The KSAC Fire Department's emergency tender (truck) was standing by yesterday evening to transport patients from the Kingston Public Hospital now closed. Also standing by was a vehicle of the Jamaica Defence Force, whose soldiers have been doing a…

Almost empty benches in of the waiting rooms at the Kingston Public Hospital.

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force addressing employees of the Kingston Public Hospital.

"The road to health: As economic crisis deepens it is becoming more difficult for those who cannot afford it to go to private doctors. More and more people flock the KPH each day. Scene at the Outpatients Department yesterday."

"Hospital Tour: Minister of Health, Dr. Kenneth Baugh (second right), inspecting the near completed wing of the KPH accompanied by the Hospital Administrator, the Constructors and Consultants."

"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."