Another shot that Katharine took at Charing Cross Hospital in London earlier this week, and entitled 'African Women in British Healthcare'.
Unlike yesterday when I wasn't able to find any information about the rural life tile artworks, today there is information easily found online. The Imperial Health Charity website gives this information in an article dated May 2022: "A vibrant new mural spotlighting the role African women have played in the British health service has been unveiled at Charing Cross Hospital.
The work, by Bristol-based artist Michele Curtis, features seven African women who have worked in the UK’s healthcare system. The mural is the result of a collaboration between the artist and the Young Historians Project - a non-profit organisation formed by young people of African and Caribbean descent.
The organisation’s work focuses on encouraging people to engage with black British history, particularly those whose lives and contributions have been overlooked.
Among those featured on the mural are Susan Ofori Atta, who graduated from Edinburgh Medical school in 1947 before becoming the first female doctor in Ghana, and Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu, who worked tirelessly to raise awareness of Sickle Cell disease and its effects on African and Caribbean people in Britain.
Also portrayed is Amakhoe Minney, a current member of staff in the hospital’s hyper acute stroke unit. Born in Namibia 1995, Amakhoe moved to London when she was 18 to study physiotherapy at King’s College.
Amakhoe said: “I think the project is incredible and I feel very proud – not just to be on the wall as an African, but also because I’ve worked at Imperial College Healthcare for four years and I really love it here."
In recent years our hospitals have become quite a repository for works of art. They are believed to contribute to the health and wellbeing of patients and staff alike.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
It is fascinating just how multinational and multiracial the staff is in our hospitals, and just what a mess our health services would be in without the current large numbers of staff from other countries. There is a simular situation in our care homes as well. I do hope those pushing for a reduction in immigration realise the likely consequences if they are successful.
@fishers
Having last year spent a fair bit of time in hospital you’ve nailed the Australian health system completely. Without foreign workers our system would collapse in a week. We’re not much different from th UK.
Yet the government is reluctant to give these terrific professionals (in most cases) permanent visa!!! Go figure.
It is an interesting fact that politicians here in the government are on an anti immigration bandwagon, but still we depend so much on the large numbers of imigrants in this essential service and other services as well.
Ian
January 19th, 2024
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
It is fascinating just how multinational and multiracial the staff is in our hospitals, and just what a mess our health services would be in without the current large numbers of staff from other countries. There is a simular situation in our care homes as well. I do hope those pushing for a reduction in immigration realise the likely consequences if they are successful.
Ian
Having last year spent a fair bit of time in hospital you’ve nailed the Australian health system completely. Without foreign workers our system would collapse in a week. We’re not much different from th UK.
Yet the government is reluctant to give these terrific professionals (in most cases) permanent visa!!! Go figure.
It is an interesting fact that politicians here in the government are on an anti immigration bandwagon, but still we depend so much on the large numbers of imigrants in this essential service and other services as well.
Ian