New dental centre fulfils late dentist’s dream
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- Published: Thursday, 13 April 2017 07:45
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Croydon has a brand new dental centre after vital changes were made to a department in desperate need of an upgrade. This fulfils the dream of oral surgeon, Graham Gilmour, who fought for years to secure the vital improvements but did not live to see it realised. His widow opened the new facility recently.
It is hoped the new dental centre will provide state-of-the-art treatment to Croydon residents. The NHS dental department at Croydon University Hospital had not received any upgrade for 25 years. Unfortunately, the former dental consultant passed away after a short illness in January last year – having been involved with healthcare in the borough since 1988. Now his dream has been realised, however, after a brand new £750,000 centre was opened, which will be used to treat patients and educate aspiring dentists.
The upgraded area of Croydon University Hospital was opened by Mr Gilmour's widow, Virginia, who said: "Graham would have been incredibly proud that the project he worked on for many years has come to fruition. I know he would feel very proud of the effort that everyone on the dental team has made and the support from the management team.
"The new unit is a first-class department and finally matches the first class dentistry that has always and will always be given here in Croydon. I know that as an educator and a leader that he would be most proud of the training facility that is part of the unit here."
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