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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Bridge, Keith B

Keith Buchanan BRIDGE OBE

MB ChB (NZ) 1925, FRCS (Eng) 1931, FRACS 1941

Born Gisborne 4 Jul 1903 Died Wellington 23 Oct 1997
Keith Bridge
Postgraduate training at St Marks Hospital, London
Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Children’s Hospital 1937 – 1940
WW2 service 1941 – 1946
Visiting relief Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1946 – 1949
Visiting relief Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1949 – 1950
Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1950 – 1951
Visiting Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1951 – 1966
Specialised in colo-rectal surgery
Senior Casualty and Admitting Officer 1967 – 1973
Part-time Medical Officer Mobile Transfusion Service 1973 – 1975

photograph courtesy Humphrey Rainey and the Medical Assurance Society