Victoria Historical Society Talk Feb. 22, 2024

Date(s) -Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: James Bay New Horizons

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Thursday, February 22, 2024 Victoria Historical Society presents The Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children and its legacy with Dr. Norgrove Penny.  This talk takes place at the James Bay New Horizons Center, 234 Menzies Street, Victoria BC V8V 2G7.  The Center is open at 7:15 pm for conversation and refreshments.  The talk follows shortly after 7:30 pm.

 

The Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children was Vancouver Island’s first children’s hospital treating its first patient in 1927. It then became the Queen Alexandra Hospital for Children and the G.R.Pearkes Center which continue to occupy the property on Arbutus Road and serve children with special needs.

 

Dr. Norgrove Penny is an orthopedic surgeon who has practiced orthopedic surgery in Victoria since 1978 apart from a six-year sojourn in midcareer in Africa. He has always been passionate about serving children with orthopedic physical impairments and was Vancouver Island’s first subspecialist pediatric orthopedic surgeon. He served as medical advisor to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in the 1980s, and currently is on the board of the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, the organization who continues to own the property.


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