7960636279?profile=originalGina Melby, CEO of JFK Medical Center, addresses employees and board members

as part of the cele­bration of the 50th year of the hospital.

7960636484?profile=originalDino Gavazza (foreground) and Frank Gueits help carry the capsule that was buried in 2003

after a major expansion of the hospital.

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One of the most interesting objects in the capsule was a banner with signatures of the employees addressing the future hospital.

The facility has grown to a 472-bed medical center with more than 600 physicians, 2,000 health care workers and 250 volunteers.

Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

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