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History of Dr George M. Foster in Greenwood Persons of NOte by BG Editor

Sacred Heart School


Feb 3 2018 - Greenwood, BC (BG) Part two

See also Part 1

Support for the Greenwood hospital

"Over more than a decade of medical service to the Greenwood community, Dr. Foster attended to a g great many medical emergencies, from repairing thumbs split by an axe to digging bullets out of shooting victims. He attended the injured and dead, including many miners at the Greenwood smelter, at Motherlode, and at the Phoenix mines. From suicides to accidental drownings in Jewel Lake, from "coroner on the scene" to administering subsequent inquests, Dr. Foster presided over a great many unfortunate situations."

Jan 1906 Boundary Times "The sisters of the Sacred Heart Hospital thanked those who had donated to the hospital, incuding Dr's Foster, Oppenheimer and Spankie who had contributed surgical instruments, appliances and furniture for the operating room."

Sacred Heart School Yearbook Memoires - Part 1 by Chuck Tasaka 1/april 2021 - excellent article on internment and links to other sites - Nikkei family heritage