Municipal Hospital Laboratory And Radiology Graduation

Scope and Content: Photograph of students with bouquets of flowers at the graduation from the Municipal Hospital lab and radiology departments. Left to right: Anne Dawson (nee Anne Olsen), Donna Hendry, Laureen Tetzloff (nee Kane), Rita Sass (nee Rita Pankonin) and Donna Fyles (nee McKay)

Scope and Content: Photograph of students with bouquets of flowers at the graduation from the Municipal Hospital lab and radiology departments. Left to right: Anne Dawson (nee Anne Olsen), Donna Hendry, Laureen Tetzloff (nee Kane), Rita Sass (nee Rita Pankonin) and Donna Fyles (nee McKay)

Notes: Graduating Class of four Medical Laboratory and one Medical Radiology student who wrote exams in October of 1959 but did not have their Grad ceremony until Feb. 1960. The training program started in September of 1957 and was completed after 24 months, in September of 1959. The Grad. Ceremony was held at the Nurses Residence located on 10 Ave South and approx. 18 Street South.. Dr. A.R Bainborough was the only pathologist at the Laboratory, at the Municipal Hospital, at the time and Director of the Laboratory. He instituted a two year training program for Medical Laboratory students, on site in the Laboratory, and this was the first Graduating Class from that program.