MIAMI (WSVN) - Jackson Memorial Hospital celebrated 100 years of providing medical care to South Florida with a special ceremony.
Monday marks 100 years since the Miami hospital first opened its doors. Organizers invited current and former employees to celebrate a century in the community.
“I’m very proud to have such a wonderful hospital that has grown over the years and has become the wonderful institution that we have today,” said Dr. James Jackson Hutson Jr., the great-grandson of JMH founder James M. Jackson.
“I never thought I would live to see this day, that we will have all of these great things happening here,” said former JMH nurse Thelma Gibson, “and now that things have been integrated, I tell everybody about Jackson.”
To commemorate #100YearsOfJackson, @JacksonHealth leadership, along with employees, and #community leaders bury a time capsule, which contains historical artifacts that represent the history and evolution of Jackson’s first 100 years. pic.twitter.com/rrlYWXSq5w
— Jackson Health System (@JacksonHealth) June 25, 2018
Along with a day of fun, participants buried a time capsule containing 16 items that represent the hospital’s history and evolution.
The hospital plans to open the time capsule 100 years from now, in 2118.
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