PHOTO: KPH Gets New Surgical Equipment

The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) received new surgical equipment, which includes a Self-Retaining Surgical Retractor valued at US$9,687, which will be used in open abdominal surgeries, from the Guardian Group Foundation, on Thursday (January 30). Here, Head of the Department of Surgery, KPH, Dr. Lindberg Simpson, holds one of the new surgical equipment donated to the hospital by the Foundation. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Vice President, Legal, Compliance, Risk & Corporate Affairs & Communications, Guardian Life, Claudette Ashman; Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie; Chairman, Guardian Group Foundation, Gladstone Lewars; Acting Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Kathleen Cooper Brown; and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Diane McIsaacs. The equipment was purchased from funds raised during the 2019 Guardian Group’s ‘Keep It Alive’ 5K Run/Walk.