Goderich nurse folds up her scrubs and retires from the hospital she’s had a lifelong connection to [Video]

A registered practical nurse from Goderich, Ont., is retiring after more than four decades working at the same hospital, serving the community where she grew up and raised her own family.  

Wilma Duckworth shares a long history with Alexandra Marine and General Hospital (AMGH). Not only is it the place she spent her entire 45-year career, it’s also where she and her now-late husband Paul were born — on the same day and in the same room, only minutes apart. 

“I was born June 18, 1959 at 11 p.m. and my future husband was born 20 minutes later. My mom and his mom shared a room together and my mom would always tell me about this boy,” Duckworth told CBC’s Afternoon Drive on Thursday.

Duckworth would go on to meet Paul again in the summer before they started Grade 8 and began dating in high school. They also shared the same workplace as Paul …