SURGICAL CASES OF T.B.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19888, 27 March 1930, Page 13

SURGICAL CASES OF T.B.

PROPOSED NEW BUILDING. NO SUPPORT FROM HOSPITAL BOARD. Chiefly because economy was Meetsary in this, a period of fiaaarial stringency, bat abo because tkej vm certain as to what other mw—irtiwi was available, North Canterbury Hospital Board members, at meeting decided to make no yinihiwi for erecting a special baildiag at Oukmere for the treatment of surgical eases of tuberculosis. The Public Health Committee imported that consideration had Ham given the proposal that acnwiMwiitiw should be provided at the teberetiatie institutions for the treatment of eases of bone and joint tuberculosis. A plan had been received for a building containing twenty beds, with kitchen aad necessary offices, sister's room, and dnty roAi. The estimated cost was £5OOll. This question had been thoroughly goat into, and Dr. Will had explainer ttt position. Shore (Inspector-General of Hospitals), who was 'reseat at the discussion, had agreed that these cases should be treated where they ccaid gc: all the available sunlight that was possible. .The medical men present all stressed the point that these cases should be treated outside the Genoa! Hospital. It had been decided to refer the matter to the Finance ConnittM. Dr. Will's Xettex. The following letter had bees received by the Public Health Oommit tee from Dr. J: lesiie Will: 'Tin* are about twenty cases of r.©e: aad joint . tuberculosis in the Hospital ax the present time: these usually ™"*" about eighteen months. The -avenge stay of patients in hospital la amier twenty days, so that these . t»easy tuberculosis eases occupy, roughly, Mi that would accommodate 480 people ia hospital during that time: therefore it is essential to provide for theee cam elsewhere than at the Hospital, nd the site proposed for the erection at accommodation is immediately behind the . present Upper Sanatorium oa the Oykmere Hills; open to the north aad so, thus, avoiding the easterly wind*. A fairly substantial buildings which ess be easily extended, is, I ftiit, batlar than the 'bungalow'- type. Aa t». tk* report by Miss Wilding, appeariag it Xhh Ppbsi. that the ahojihl be erected in the alpine ah* does not know—neither does anj isaa else —the actual climatic cmwTitiawa mm the Southern Alps. "The Cashmere site ia the beat we can get within our moaum; aai ia choosing this site there is the question of providing n icunaodirew, as the administration la a3neigr a* hand. In Switzerland eaaea are im> ted from all over nUdi 'eatables so large an institution to aawy on, but to place oar inatitatiea em'the Alps would be far too e»|ieaai»e~<wr the number of patients 'fteadmission, and vnU baqpttetemjl our circumstances. liy lawaalitt patients to Cirinwiw I IMA do better and . retim -to wdraMr 'than by remaining at -it only means adding aasthar aafßa>l : eg - tnberenloeis .to ihoaa already .fnaMk There is no question of tMin Ihiatw equipment:■ or of b&«( Ilia iafCHMfsei as a'aiepiuate hospital;* i£'nriß liwi part and parcel of the tiilw u alasia" ilstitutions. The site ehaaea %h* * hollow, sheltered tna tike winds, and can be farther the arranging-of better bdb'fC-tnK. ««TKe carrying oat of will (1) improve the tniiliMjat aiMHI class of casaaad-haatear their pital jgMMj Provision for tl[« erection at Committee, but it had besa MiMMt to. make anyreeommendaAaeei Board. • •- -- Ratepayers' Mny. - r-. When the JTuaaoa CbaaaithM&i report;, came before' the tertay,, Mr A. T. Satt* man of the PoMie BEaaUt*-l!hn> jqitteei, said be wdd aan M £SOOO be placed oa.tha witiailhs It the erection of a bwßray ia treat bone, and joiai cms *!**■«» , culosis. Where It shoald Ik'imM waa a question far tta «nwi.la Q* money, might not be sfant thia ymm% It had been on the eatmaifaH hfn% and if it was aoi placed ttw now they would lose the finals other twelve months. fir. 4 3faid|m was going to report on the tion available, and they n«di * -knowwhere ftey stood. -* ' 1 Mr ,W. Andenoa aifrt Daft Board had'two jnssuuy lnjlw. the aape of public health and tta win «M tt the ratepayers' money. It" waoM 4 ha quite wrong to pfaue the saw Mai? tioned on the estimatea aft a tan iha the country was going thraagh * (aM of financial depngaiaak ■ ■ c"There is nothing wrong la gbgAg the money on the estimatea,** aaHt lb L. B. .Hnuu. Members: If we do that to make provMok far V ; -ft > Mr H. H.- Holland tbiiaaht_tha f g hyi . sufficient room intbe BSD* foaaUafay They should use thia iwlnal a&aaAi* patvng too andu m*"< JV V*" Dr. H. D; Aejand agreed flat decision , should be the present stringeney. " 1 TbeVchmnnaa (MrH. J. OekgAsll** is my Opinion. At the pnaaat mi|l we've' got to be as careful wifli ear finaaces as we possShly can. tVeeAm heard all about the treablts farmer, tut the CSty a»-i»arfWV'" just as much. We mart take «»* «( the ratepayers' "money. ' There' Mm to be accommodation 'at the SnahiAL So long as we are spending aawgr «• the hill we seem to think we all. right. Jfot oaly the Ittße HSeaMl Committee : bat r amther which* has had no control enter l&i actions will have to draw ia ita tecas. Mr W. J. Walter said ttaft «• coming winter "was likely "ta 'ha fiha worst on. record in New Tealaaj, wM they coold not go to; the peayht - 9nr money, i . Mr T. Horrell urged that action he deferred until. Dr. Machityrahad |j[mi his report a boot si i inmaoasliasi Mr Smith, in reply,- aald fiha* -Ik Fox had stated that he msst'lnnv-awni room for accident qtKa itt tha gamni hospital, and thus it build elsewhere for surgical;' aa—> «t tuberculosis. " * His motion was lost.