On the 5th of May 2007, Fortunata Megale was awarded the gold medal by the General Medical Council of the Province of Reggio Calabria, as a recognition for her life spent serving the patients, with a scroll which states as follows: “L’ORDINE DEI MEDICI DELLA PROVINCIA DI REGGIO CALABRIA OFFRE AI COLLEGHI CON OLTRE MEZZO SECOLO DI ESERCIZIO PROFESSIONALE UNA MEDAGLIA D’ORO. DEVOTO OMAGGIO DELLA CLASSE MEDICA, DOVEROSO RICONOSCIMENTO DELL’IMPORTANZA DELL’OPERA PRESTATA CON COSCIENZA FEDE E SAPIENZA A BENEFICIO DELL’UMANITA' SOFFERENTE.”
The gold medal
On the 16th October 2005, in Cittanova , Fortunata Megale won the prize Saints Cosmas and Damian1 released by a Commission of Doctors and Pharmacists, which claims as follows: “ ALLA DOTT.SSA FORTUNATA MEGALE DEPINO PER LE SUE ECCELLENTI E SQUISITE DOTI DI MEDICO E PEDIATRA E PER IL SUO SOLIDO CONTRIBUTO ALLA GRANDE OPERA VILLA ELISA.”
The prize SS. Cosma e Damiano
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