Die burgemeester Raadslid Sue Jones het die onthulling van 'n gedenkplaat by Buckland Hospitaal om die werk van Dr Gertrude Toland herdenk, een van die eerste vroue om te werk as 'n dokter in Dover. Dover Rotariërklub gereël vir die gedenkplaat wat een vervang wat verlore was tydens die herontwikkeling van die hospitaal.
Gertrude Morgan is gebore in 1901, gegradueer aan die Universiteit van Cambridge as een van die eerste vroue hul kwalifikasie te erken deur die Universiteit en verskuif na Dover met haar man (ook 'n dokter) in 1932 when they worked together in General Practice. Her son Mr Gordon Toland gave a moving tribute to his mother describing how she continued working alone during the war as his father had been called up to active service. Dr Gertrude worked as a surgeon at the Dover Hospital and during the Dunkirk evacuation continued operating for 9 days in the large operating theatres located in bunkers on the old Buckland Hospital site. Oor 350 men were treated and 300 survived. Following the war Dr Gertrude became Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Buckland Hospital while continuing her General Practice in the town. She was a Governor of local secondary schools and active in other local organisations.
Councillor Jones welcomed the commemoration of Dr Gertrude as an inspiration and whose achievements were truly remarkable. She paid special tribute to her work as a local Councillor and in particular to her election as Deputy Mayor in 1962-3, een van die eerste vroue om 'n senior posisie in die plaaslike regering in Dover hou.
Ons foto toon die burgemeester, Raadslid Sue Jones saam met mnr Gordon Toland by die onthulling van die gedenkplaat aan sy moeder teruggegee Dr Gertrude Toland.