July 29, 2018

Photos: Nurse of the year

1. LASCO/Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) 2018 National Nurse of the Year finalists pose with NAJ president Carmen L Johnson (centre) at the National Nurse of the Year awards at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 21. The finalists were Racquel Easington, Lillian Lewis McDonald, Lilian Coke, Marika Davis, Denese Dacres Reeves and Michelle Hales Thompson.

2. Outgoing Nurse of the year Natalie Hylton Levy crowns this year’s winner, Denese Dacres Reeves. (Photos: Karl McLarty)

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