They include images of VIP visitors, gifts to wards, a union protest and quite a few cheque presentations, especially to Dr Naqvi’s heart fund.
13. Harold Blenkiron, of Whitley Crescent, who was a pharmacist in charge at Wigan Infirmary when the NHS was launched in 1948
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
14. Patient Mark Thornborrow, 29, from Ince with staff nurse Deborah Williamson (left) and auxiliary nurse Marlene Carney using a Dextra Hoist
. Photo: PAUL SIMPSON
15. Jimmy Frampton, who ran the London Marathon in aid of Dr Naqvi's Heart Fund, and his dad, also Jimmy, hand over a cheque for £720 to the man himself, at Wigan Infirmary Cardiology Unit. The money, raised after Jimmy's mother Veronica was treated by Dr Naqvi, was to go towards paying for equipment like this £120,000 echo scanner which had been bought using similar donations from the people of Wigan
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
16. Pictured left to right; Brendan O'Donnell, sales and marketing manager for Superbowl 2000, Paul Harrison media manager for Wigan RLFC, top DJ Conrad Winstanley, hospital liaison officer for Wigan Infirmary and presenter of the Alive and Kicking show plus Craig and John McIntosh, co-presenters of the show
. Photo: PAUL SIMPSON