{"id":272712,"date":"2026-04-12T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=272712"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:28:58","slug":"hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre has paid tribute to four members of its nursing staff who have retired after decades of service.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The hospital recognised nursing assistants Loretta Gage and Corrine Scotland, alongside registered nurses Janice Dunbar and Judy St John Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the institution thanked the retirees for their contribution to patient care and their role in strengthening healthcare services.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It said their dedication and professionalism had left a lasting impact on colleagues and the many patients they served.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre has paid tribute to four members of its nursing staff who have retired after decades of service. The hospital recognised nursing assistants Loretta Gage and Corrine Scotland, alongside registered nurses Janice Dunbar and Judy St John Edwards. In a statement, the institution thanked the retirees for their contribution to patient care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":272722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nHospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre has paid tribute to four members of its nursing staff who have retired after decades of service. The hospital recognised nursing assistants Loretta Gage and Corrine Scotland, alongside registered nurses Janice Dunbar and Judy St John Edwards. In a statement, the institution thanked the retirees for their contribution to patient care […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:507\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"507\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"anr_staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"anr_staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"anr_staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038\"},\"headline\":\"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\"},\"wordCount\":92,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\",\"name\":\"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png\",\"width\":2052,\"height\":1016,\"caption\":\"Retired Nurses\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038\",\"name\":\"anr_staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"anr_staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/anr_staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service","og_description":"Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre has paid tribute to four members of its nursing staff who have retired after decades of service. The hospital recognised nursing assistants Loretta Gage and Corrine Scotland, alongside registered nurses Janice Dunbar and Judy St John Edwards. In a statement, the institution thanked the retirees for their contribution to patient care […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":507,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:507\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"anr_staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"anr_staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/"},"author":{"name":"anr_staff","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038"},"headline":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service","datePublished":"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/"},"wordCount":92,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/","name":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png","datePublished":"2026-04-12T14:27:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-12T14:28:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-10.26.47-AM.png","width":2052,"height":1016,"caption":"Retired Nurses"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hospital-honours-four-retiring-nurses-for-decades-of-service\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hospital honours four retiring nurses for decades of service"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038","name":"anr_staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"anr_staff"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/anr_staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272723,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272712\/revisions\/272723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/272722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}