Western Kings Memorial Health Centre

Details

Name :

Western Kings Memorial Health Centre

Address  :

PO Box 490

Town  :

Berwick

State  :

Nova Scotia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

B0P 1E0

Phone  :

902 538 3111

Fax  :

902 538 1933

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

The Western Kings Memorial Health Centre is located in the town of Berwick in the center of the famed Annapolis Valley nestled between the North and South Mountains

The Western Kings Memorial Health Centre provides a number of services to the Town of Berwick and surrounding areas


History

This history of Western Kings Memorial Hospital is a special project of the hospital auxiliaries of Berwick in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the opening of the first hospital Every effort has been made to insure an accurate summary of events in order to give an overall picture of developments but of necessity much has been omitted Some persons or groups who have given devoted service to the cause have not even been mentioned This we regret but space is limited

The information presented here has been gleaned chiefly from accounts appearing throughout the years in the Berwick Register and other publications as well as from hospital records We wish to thank all those who have loaned us pictures and clippings whether or not they were used
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