THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 6

THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.

Every Aucklander must sympathise heartily with Mr. Wallace, chairman of the Hospital Board, in the very unenviable position in which he is placed through the proposed cur-" "'" t tailment of funds re subsidy "cut." A public . hospital is to all intents and purposes designed : i.& for those who require expert surgical and -<i»«. medical attention, but have not the where- . withal to avail themselves of private nursing homes. According to the report, only extreme medical and surgical cases will now be admit-"' '•■Va ted, which, to put it baldly, means that the - poor and needy will surely die for lack of :r----attention. If we Aucklanders could summon-;' up courage to change the name of the hospital to the Auckland Relief Asylum, or Auckland -v.-. Charitable Aid Hospital, it would simplify , the task of the board, as people who at present - patronise the hospital and can wall afford to go elsewhere would not for shame's sake allow " •"'0 their acquaintances to know they were such niggards. That the system and ietention of '*•■? r the founders of the institution lire grossly abused is patent to all who.observa the lines' of motor cars on visiting days. If M>. Wallace can see his way to support a change of name I venture to say there will be no shortage of' beds, and the poor and needy will come into their own. SERVICE.'