College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland & Labrador

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Did You Know...
In 1892, Dr. Sir Wilfred Grenfell established the first medical care for the people of the coast of Labrador and northern Newfoundland. The mission hospital at Battle Harbour, Labrador, established in 1893, was the first in the area. Grenfell raised money for his medical service through international fundraising. He also used his travels through Europe and the United States as an opportunity to recruit physicians and other health professionals. Grenfell died in 1940 but the medical service he created carried on until it was absorbed into the provincial health care administrative system in the 1990s.