HOSPITAL WEAKNESS.
I » ■ ' BAGGING OF TWO XXOORft. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, thi# day. Investigation* have been ordered by the Director-General of Hospitals, Dr. M. H. Wat*, into the causes of a, sagging of the floors of the Douglas and Roth-j well wards at the Waikato Hospital, l and the Hospital Board has decided t&' engage Mr. J. R. Baird, assistant engi-i neei- to the Hajriilton Borough Council, whose services have been made available by the council. The chairman of the board, Mr. J. _J. Ryburn, states that it is not known whether the remedial measures taken will involve the evacuation of th*j wards. The board has been assured that there is no impiedjate danger of tha ! floors giving way, and that there i» HO occasion for patieata to feel anxious. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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