International Nurses Day

Nurse Hester van Schalkwyk won the lucky draw sponsored by an insurance firm. She receives her prize from the companys representative, Jeremy Adonis.

■ The Tygerberg Hospital Nursing Choir had guests in tears with its performance, on Thursday May 18, to celebrate International Nurses Day, which is recognised annually on May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Some of the hospital’s longest-serving nurses received certificates.