www.bahrainthismonth.com Dr. Gerald Nykerk’s family in 1950s. Miraculously, the Nykerk couple had survived the MV Dara Disaster of 1961, which is considered the Arabian Gulf’s worst maritime tragedy, on a lifeboat. Their ship had caught fire off the coast of Dubai and 236 lives were lost. After a few years, Dr. Gerald passed away due to a heart attack but his wife, Rose Nykerk, continued to work as the hospital’s administrator until 1975. 1954. Miss Cornelia Dalenberg is seen about to set sail for Saudi Arabia in 1954. Cornelia was a trained and registered nurse in West Side Hospital, Chicago. After studying Arabic, she came to Bahrain in 1922 and served patients with great care under different doctors, travelling with them to Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; and helped set-up hospitals and clinics. 1960s. The American Mission Hospital complex. This old church (Church of Christ) was demolished. The then Amir of Bahrain, the late Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, inaugurated the new one (National Evangelical Church) on Sunday, 3 June 1971. 26 April 1962. The Amir of Bahrain, the late Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa opened the new building blocks of the hospital in Manama. Dr Harold Storm was the head of the hospital at that time. The hospital’s outpatient clinic in 1970s. December 2022 51 healthcare
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