LOWER HUTT NURSES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 4

LOWER HUTT NURSES

PLUNKET ROOMS THE IDEAL

In the report of a visit of Dr. A. R. Thome, Superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, a contrast was made between rooms occupied by the Plunket nurse and the Lower Hutt district nurse, to the detriment of the latter. It was not made clear that the reference was to the surroundings and not to the actual rooms. The rooms occupied by the district nurse are in Feist's Building, which though old is quite sound and sanitary. The rooms themselves are bright, sunny, -and airy, and while, in contrast with the Plunket rooms, they have not been built for the purpose, they are nevertheless admirably fitted for their present use, and the nurse is quite pleased with the provision made by her committee and has no complaints.

The contrast is ml the surroundings and the fact that the Plunket rooms were specially designed for their purpose. The Plunket nurse is housed m a modern brick building set amid the gardens and lawns of Riddiford Park.

Large waiting-rooms are provided, and the nurse's, "workroom" contains specially designed appliances for her service.' While many a district nurse has to be satisfied with conditions much wbrse than the provision made in Lower Hutt, it can be said with safety that nowhere else has a Plunket nurse better conditions than those in Riddiford Park.