HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19057, 20 July 1927, Page 13

HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

TO TUB EDITOR OF THK PRESS. Sir, —I wish per medium fJ™ pap., ™ce . «££ -£».£ existing state of attairs » of the Hosp lf' "Vunderstood fact, patient. Is it not . ij treated sir, tliacall patieni s ( status t B Such is not the ® patients, is quite apparent to that the sistej-in-cl ® tlien To give of one and fish two men with particular. The of their legs, compound . ure a had his banOne, especially fa t , y . th e other, dages changed social Ending, who is not or t ' , son for nine had the same bandag discliarge weeks, although gj, oU ld this occur from the this? in ah institut l • tiell ts have had to go Again, s°me P t f breakfaat for without —-

some mornings now, although quite as fit to consume such food as others who •were getting it. Annoyed at having to have porridge and bread and butter for breakfast, while others could get eggs and jneat, they complained to the sister about the matter.' To their great surprise they were told that for those who had been in ten or twelve days the "regulation breakfast" was porridge, bread and butter, and tea. But in this she was not consistent. For men who had been in some months were also on the regulation breakfast, while others of the "ten to twelve" days class were getting the ' better breakfast. On behalf of my fellow patients I protest against this • difference in treatment. Why don't we all get the same treatment ? Hoping that this will come to the notice of the powers that be. —Yours, etc., DISGUSTED. The Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr. Fox stated yesterday, when the above letter was referred to him, that the proper course when a patient deemed it necessary to make a complaint was to send his name, ward number, and the nature of the complaint to the Superintendent, who would go into the matter. "In this case," said Dr. Fox, "the patient has apparently been in the Hospital for nine weeks. Naturally when a patient's stay, in hospital is lengthy, he or she becomes 'stale,' and apt to make complaints." Dr. Fox added that a great many letters of appreciation were read by the Hospital authorities from patients and expatients, and very few letters of complaint.