Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Nurse Orjille Williams-Joseph, a beloved member of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre family.

For nearly 20 years, Nurse Williams-Joseph served our hospital and our nation with unwavering dedication. Her influence is woven into every department she touched and every colleague she guided. She also served as an executive member of the Antigua & Barbuda Nursing Association, lending her leadership and vision to the nursing profession across the country.

Throughout her career, she provided exceptional care in ICU, Medical/Surgical, Recovery, and Oncology—bringing comfort, skill, and a calm reassuring presence to every patient and family she encountered. In recent years, she shared her expertise as a Clinical Educator in our Learning & Development Department, shaping the next generation of caregivers with patience, wisdom, and heart.

Nurse Williams-Joseph was a true champion for high-quality care and continuous improvement. Her leadership, her voice, and the example she set have left an enduring mark on our institution.

She leaves behind her husband, daughter, relatives, friends, and a hospital community that will forever remember the kindness, steadiness, and joy she brought into our lives.

Today, we honor not only her years of service, but the compassion, integrity, and humanity with which she lived.

We invite the public to keep her family in their thoughts during this difficult time. May her legacy continue to inspire all who walk through our doors.

Tribute from the MAAB In Memory of Nurse Orjille Williams – Joseph

The Medical Association of Antigua & Barbuda (MAAB) extends heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Nurse Orjille Williams Joseph following her recent passing.

Though not formally involved in the activities of the Association, Nurse Orjille was a familiar and beloved figure to many of our members, especially those who had the privilege of working with her within the hospital setting. She was known for always carrying a smile (often paired with a joke), and for her calm, grounded presence even in the midst of clinical chaos. Her kindness, steady hands, and quiet strength left a lasting impression on generations of physicians.

Her loss is deeply felt within the wider healthcare community, and we join in remembering her with gratitude and respect. May she rest in peace.

Oona Cabral-Knight, RN

Sleep well; there will never be another Nurse Orjille. I remember a soul whose hands brought healing, whose heart radiated compassion, and whose presence was a balm to all who crossed her path. Though her time with us was far too brief, the impact she made will echo for generations.

She was more than a nurse—she was a guardian of dignity, a fierce advocate for her patients, and a quiet force of strength in the most fragile moments. In sterile rooms and hushed corridors, she brought warmth. In chaos, she brought calm. In suffering, she brought solace.

Colleagues admired her not only for her clinical excellence but for the way she listened—with her whole being. Families trusted her because she treated every patient as if they were her own. She believed that care extended beyond charts and medications—it lived in the small acts: a reassuring touch, a shared silence, a whispered prayer.

Her laughter lifted spirits. Her courage inspired. Her absence is a wound we carry, but so too is her legacy—a legacy of service, of love, of unwavering humanity.

To lose her is to lose a light. But to have known her is to have been illuminated.

May we honor her not only in memory, but in the way we live: with kindness, with purpose, and with the same fierce devotion to others that she embodied every day.

Rest well, dear healer, Executive member and true Nurse. You are deeply missed, eternally cherished, and will never be forgotten….🙏