Jessie Colquhoun has been honoured in the Queen's 2013 New Year Honours list for "services to Healthcare in Ardnamurchan, Argyll". She becomes an MBE.
Jessie was a District Nurse serving West Ardnamurchan for some 36 years. At one time, part of her duties was to deliver babies, so she was a trained midwife, but her work is probably most remembered for her calm efficiency in emergency situations, when she often had to care for a casualty for several hours before back-up arrived.
Jessie was to be retired in early 2011 - and she was not going to be replaced, leaving West Ardnamurchan without full nursing cover. She agreed to stay on an extra year while consultations about replacing District Nurses continued, and finally retired at the beginning of this year. However, shortly afterwards she became a founding member of the Scottish Ambulance Service's first Emergency Responder team - picture shows her in ER uniform.
Congratulations to Jessie on her richly deserved award.
Congratulations
ReplyDeletewell done, truly well deserved.
ReplyDeleteWonderful recognition for a wonderful person.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessie.
Gael x
Congratulation Jessie ! M B E ! Your community is so proud of you.xx
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessie well deserved. MBE (My Bloody Efforts)
ReplyDeleteRicky
Many congratulations - this has given us much greater faith in the honours system - awards going to those who best deserve them! This is a vindication for the hard struggle the community recently had to fight and shows that somebody, somewhere, can really appreciate dedicated service given for the benefit of others.
ReplyDeleteReally well deserved Jessie many congratulations.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessie. How wonderful that you have been recognised. So well deserved. Kind regards from Lynda and Raymond Melville-Parkinson
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessie. When we lived there it was so reassuring to know you were not far away. Kind regards Lynda Melville-Parkinson
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessie and very well deserved! You have helped members of my family on more than one occassion when we have been on holiday-Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't have been given to a nicer person x
Christine x
Congratulations Jessie. Your honour is SO well-deserved. You have done so much to help so many people, with such expertise, compassion and humanity. I am full of praise and admiration - and everlasting thanks for what you have done to help us. Perhaps, at this time, we should also remember Lawrie, who did so much to help our community, as well.
ReplyDeleteFiona and Andy
Congratulations Jessie. So pleased your enormous contribution has been recognised in this way.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for all your help - from B&B before we moved into Kilchoan and for much support while we were there.
Rob and Joan Thompson