CARE OF THE WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2550, 26 August 1915, Page 3

CARE OF THE WOUNDED

ORGANISING NURSING SERVICES A CONFERENCE At half past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, a conforenco was opened in tho Joint Committee Boom at Parliament Buildings to jdiscuss the best best means of meeting tho demand for trained nurses for service at the front, or to fill vacancies in the various hospitals and districts occasioned by their absence from the Dominion. Representatives of tho St. John Ambulance Association, the Trained Nurses' Association, tlio -Volunteer Sisterhood, and others who are specially interested in liho matter, were present from various parts of tlie Dominion, .including Mrs. W. F. Massey, and the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke). The Minister of Public Health, tho Hon. G. W. Russell, presided, and tho proceedings were opened by Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool, who expressed the deep interest slio took in the work of caring for and making adequate provision for our returned ivounded and sick soldiers. ; The Minister of Public Health outlined the intentions of the Government in this very important matter, and explained that in all cases .precedence Would be yven to trained, nurses. Dr. Valintine (Director of Military .Hospitals) also spoke in a similar strain. During the afternoon the following resolutions were proposed and carried: "1. In order to enable tie women of the country to further assist the Empire in the present war, it is desirable that in any way affecting or interfering with tlie Countess of Liverpoor and other funds already established for the benefit of our soldiers,' to organise the .patriotic services of tho women of New Zealand in the following directions:— " '(1) Tlie supply of trained nurses for (a) military camps in tho Dominion, (b) ,service abroad,, (c) wounded soldiers on their return.' " '(2) Tlie establishment of entertainments for returned wounded soldiers in hospitals and elsewhere.' "11. That in order to give effect to that portion of Resolution I, which deals with a supply of trained nurses, meeting is of opinion l that opportunity should bo provided through tho Department of Public Health for the enrolment of: . " '(1) Women_ who have obtained certificates of efficiency from (a) the public hospitals, (b) the St. John Ambulance Brigade, (c) Other recognised authority in or out of Noiv Zealand.' " '(2) ■ Women who do not already possess certificates of efficiency, but aro in every way fit and competent to undergo training in caso their services are required later ;_tlie training to be undergone to be decided by the Public Health Department.' "11l ((1) That in order to givo effect to the entertainment and assistance portions of the fir3t resolution, a Women's Ministering League be established in New Zealand, Laving for its objects the provision of entertainment and additional asistance to wounded soldiers in hospital and elsewhere, and also for the provision of additional financial and other »elp_ to wives, children, and parents of soldiers at the front in necessitous cases.' • ' "(2) That in order to prevent overlapping and multiplicity of funds, the general patriotic committees already in existence be invited to supply tho necessary moneys to carry out effectively the first portion of this resolution, tho work of the Women's Ministering' Leagues to bo done in association with the patriotic committees. . ' "IV.—That copies of resolutions passed as this meeting be forwarded by tho Government to all mayors and chairmen of patriotic'committees in tho Dominion, asking their support aiid co-operation, and that of women in their respective districts. It was agreed later at the conference that_ the Volunteer Sisterhood should consist of the members at present enrolled and accepted by tho Government for Treutham and Oriental Bay Military Hospitals; that tho Governmentshould retain these women (namely, thirty) ill their employment; but that for tho future preference should bo given to women holding St. John Ambulance certificates, these women to bo organised by tho St. John Amhulanco Brigades in tho different districts. Tho Hon.. the Minister of Health also stated (in reply to Mrs. 1 Hornsby) that opportunities would bo given to upcountry women to render patriotic service in hospitals, ■ even though they had not been able to receive St. John Ambulance training. 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