Hundreds gathered at the civic centre last night to celebrate the life of Dr. Bert Kelly.
He is well known for being a fearless advocate to bring adequate healthcare to the north, in doing this the creation of the Northern Medical Health program at UNBC was born.
.@shirleybond says she’s great full for the lessons she learned from Dr. Bert Kelly and she’s glad he was a pebble in her shoe | #CityOfPG pic.twitter.com/MhyirPpX5N
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 27, 2018
Elaine Scory came all the way from Fraser Lakes to show her respect to the man who did so much for her community.
“He was always to approachable, you know you sort of forgot he was a professional as well, because it was unusual to see somebody with there shirt hiked up in the post office showing how his scared healed, but that was the kind of man he was.”
Many people who attended the event said he wasn’t more than just their physician.
“Dr. Kelly was not only my doctor, but he became a very dear friend.” Says Margaret Legault.
“He was just such a nice genuine, nice person and such a great doctor” explained Suzane Patterson.
Kelly had many other achievements, such as bringing several lab training programs to CNC, along with opening the BC Cancer Centre in PG to help those who live in rural areas.
He passed away December 12, 2017
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