WARD TO BE CLOSED
Hospital Board Decision The casualty ward at Lyttelton would be closed because of the opening of the road tunnel, the chairman of the North Canterbury Hospital Board (Dr. L. C. L. Averill) said yesterday. The building would be demolished to make way for the tunnel approaches and roadway. The present building was quite unsuitable for a hospital. Because the board’s Christchurch hospitals and accident services would be much closer with the opening of the road tunnel there was no need for such an out-of-date building to be maintained, Dr. Averill said. There was a well-equipped first-aid centre on the waterfront for accidents on ships or wharves, and although it might not be functioning during the week-ends the Lyttelton doctors could work in rotation on the week-ends. They could deal with accidents at their surgeries, and the more serious cases could be transferred to the Christchurch Hospital, said Dr. Averill. On August 14 a public meeting at Lyttelton expressed concern at the possible loss of the casualty ward.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30215, 21 August 1963, Page 8
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