Talk show host against renaming Peebles Hospital after Premier Smith
It was on July 27, 2015 during the official opening of the 2015 Patsy C. Lake Festiville in Road Town that Mrs Lake called on the Government of the Virgin Islands to give Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith his "flowers" while he is around to appreciate them by naming the new Peebles Hospital after him.
According to Mrs Lake, Dr Smith has spent all his life at Peebles Hospital and he needs to know that the people of the territory truly appreciate him.
However, Mr Scatliffe doesn’t believe the hospital should be renamed and noted that if buildings are continued to be named after one person then there would soon be no buildings to name after persons who would have made invaluable contributions to the Virgin Islands.
“I don’t think we want the hospital to be named in his honour,” said Mr Scatliffe on his radio programme on ZBVI 780 AM on Saturday August 8, 2015.
“Dr Smith was and still is a very good surgeon and most of his tenure at the hospital was in the surgical area and what better to do than name the theatre or surgical ward after Dr Smith,” Mr Scatliffe opined.
Nothing that there are many other stalwarts who would have made contributions to the medical field in the Virgin Islands, Mr Scatliffe said there are not enough buildings to name after such people hence the need to name departments and wards instead.
Meanwhile, Mrs Lake had suggested that a wing of the hospital be named after Major Peebles.
"We could then give Major Peebles a wing...there are lots of wings in that hospital," she said, noting that everyone who contributed in a meaningful way to the construction of the hospital should be recognised by a wing being named after them.
Peebles Hospital was founded in 1922 by Major Peebles and was originally known as the Cottage Hospital. It was renamed after Major Peebles in the 1950s but was briefly renamed the HR Penn Hospital before reverting to its current name.
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22 Responses to “Talk show host against renaming Peebles Hospital after Premier Smith”
hick-ups will sort out as we go a long. Just imagine you having a serious illness with out insurance---That will be your horror story. Oh and if Dr. Smith and NDP wins another election, he is deserving of a name plate some where in the BVI