UNITED APPEAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 282, 27 November 1940, Page 13

UNITED APPEAL.

NORTH SHORE NEED.

HOSPITAL FACILITIES.

Keprcifntatives from the four North Shore I trough* waited upon the Auckland Hospital Board at it* meeting last evening and urged the provision of hospital facilities at the North Shore. Mr. I,'. Martin, Mayor „f Northcote, ■-ai<l tliev \>ere anxious to get better hr* IM t .11 I aril it ies for the North Shore. Me ►ur.T-tcd that the question of site could be di't errnined by the board. I here u • >uld prolialily be 1100 cases from iin N'>i 1 h >hore treated annually at I lie Aii' klaml Hospital, and pribabiv 7o per cfiit <>l t lie ca.cr, could he treated at. tli'' North Shore if they had the iarilll ■ i'-. f hey w anted an auxiliary hospital to deal with minor and urgent., ra-i'-, I here was a strong feeling on the North Shore in favour of the proposal. I Mr. -1. ( riiini ven. Mayor of Takapuna, said t here was a general request, for a. hospital mi the North Shore. He added that it wiw a j list an<l reasonable request. Ihe population was steadily inrrpa'ing. They would like a promise that the hoard, at some near date, .-'hould con-ider making a start. Question of Site. Mr. K. .Mdridge, representing the Devonpnrt. Borough Council, recalled that the councH had offered a site to bri.ig the matter forward in a practical way, but. the question of site did not enter into the present request. The difficulties of transport to Auckland were a problem. He estimated the combined North Shore population at 2.1.000. Other f-peakers were Messrs. A. Hadfield and I. Mai l)onaId. representing the Birkenhead Borough Council, Mr. O. M. Galbraith. of the Takapuna Borough Council, Mr. K. C. Fowler, of the Northcote Borough Council, and Mr. H. .7. Hutchings, of the Devonport Borough Council. North Shore's Isolation. Mr. Fowler said the isolation was the strongest, point in favour of a North .Shore hospital. After midnight the North Shore was isolated, and delay was often fatal. The chairman, Mr. Allan J. Moody, said that the lniard would give full consideration to the matter. It was the duty of the board to look after the «ick and suffering of the community, and the board would not 'be failing in its duty to the North Shore. After the deputation withdrew, Mr. Moody said that, the 'board would have to approach the matter carefully. Mr. .T. Sayegh aaid that the board would have to first decide it* policy, hut he felt it. was not an opportune time to go on with the proposal. The matt i r was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration, and to report back to the board.