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Palmerston North Public Hospital opened in 1893. This new Clinical Services block was constructed and opened in stages c1970-1976. It housed wards, a new Accident and Emergency Department, x-ray, outpatients, social work, laboratory, operating theatre suite, radiotherapy and associated departments, a new telephone exchange and a cafe. William Thorrold Jaggard, a Palmerston North architect, was employed by Gilman, Garry, Clapp and Sayers (Hamilton Architects) to act as supervisor during the construction.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection H 76 (Disk E-PC24)
Date
circa 1970 to circa 1979
Digitisation ID
2011P_H76_004934
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
1970s,
buildings,
health,
medical,
photographs,
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