Presentation at Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital, 1974
Members of Peel Lions are pictured presenting an ‘Ambulift’ to Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital in October 1974.
President Michael Newton handed over the equipment to Sister-in-Charge Jean Hughes. The ‘Ambulift’ was used to help patients in and out of bed.
At the time, the hospital catered mainly for post-operative orthopaedic patients.
The hospital closed in 2008 after serving the area for 110 years.
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