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Women’s Institute seeks support to reopen obstetrics unit

Women’s Institute seeks support to reopen obstetrics unit

Eleven members of the Pontiac County Women’s Institute (PCWI) attended last week’s meeting of the Council of Mayors of MRC Pontiac to present their petition calling for the reopening of the obstetrics unit at the hospital in Shawville. Left to right are PCWI members Barbara Haughton, Beryl Smart (president), Lynda Horner, Elva Stark, Helen Routliffe, Valerie Hartling, Elaine Richardson, Sue Page, Dorothy Morrison, Rilla Graham and Elaine Lang.
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