The "Winston Churchill"
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Hospital
rE reorganisation of medical and health services in Flu and in the South Pacific (referred to elsewhere) provides for the establishment of a new general hospital in Suva.
In a despatch to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Governor. Sir Philip Mitchell, described this hospital as the most important of the institutions pro posed and he said: “Our freedom to plan the establishment of such an institution in undisturbed security and with confi dence of fulfilment, is due to the mag nificent leadership and indomitable cour age of the Prime Minister and I shall be glad if his permission may be sought to name this hospital ‘The Winston Chur chill South Pacific Hospital.’ ”
The Secretary of State replied, later, that the Prime Minister gratefully accepted the proposal.