Annual report : 1938 / Birmingham United Hospital.

Birmingham United Hospital.

Date:: 1938

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1938 / Birmingham United Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Royal Visit. President. THE BIRMINGHAM UNITED HOSPITAL. Report of the Board for the year 1938. This brief report of the proceedings of the Board and of the more important events of the year covers the period approximately up to the date of the Annual Meeting for 1939, although the records in the general body of the report as a whole refer only to the year 1938. It is considered desirable to include in the report the important matters occurring in the earl} part of the new year. Reference must be made at once to the honour bestowed upon the Hospital by the visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen. This took place at the new hospital on March 1st, when all members of the Board and the Honorary Medical Staff, with the Executive Board of the Hospitals Centre and its Committees, together with representa¬ tives of many kindred bodies, numbering in all over 500, assembled in the large hall of the Nurses’ Home loyally to greet the Royal visitors. Her Majesty the Queen chose the occasion to name in person the new hospital “ The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.” Their Majesties having inspected portions of the Home and several departments of the Hospital were pleased to make known on their departure their interest and pleasure in the visit. The Board has directed that a full report of the occasion and all documents relating thereto shall be preserved as a permanent record. At the Annual Meeting of Governors in April the Right Hon. The Earl of Dudley was elected President of the United Hospital in succession to Sir Charles Hyde, Bart. During the year the new President has gladly responded on several occasions to the Hospital’s call, and has at all times been ready to associate himself with the affairs of the Hospital.

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