MORE STAFF WANTED?
AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.
"It appears that we need another 30 or 40 nurses on the staff," said Mrs. M. M. Dreaver at yesterday's meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board, after mentioning complaints of troubles said to be due to understafflng. Complaints had been made by members of Parliament regarding various cases in which patients had required special diet, said Mrs. Dreaver. Patients had been unable to obtain speeyal diet, possibly because the hospital had no special dietetic staff. In one case an honorary physician had ordered a patient a special diet, and the ward sister had done her best to obtain it, but had failed, and the honorary physician had complained abou 1 : the matter. It had been alleged that the hospital needed 30 or 40 more nurses, but obviously there was no accommodation for them at present."
"The matron has never been refused any staff she has asked for," said the chairman, Mr. W. Wallace.
On the motion of Mrs. Dreaver, it was decided to obtain a report on general staff from the medical superintendent, Dr. J.- W. Craven, and the matron.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1935, Page 12
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