H. AND C. IN EACH ROOM!

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1941, Page 4

H. AND C. IN EACH ROOM!

HUTT NURSES' HOME

HOSPITAL BOARD DISCUSSION

i Hot and cold water in every nurse'i - room at Lower Hutt Hospital^ as wel . as radiators and picture rails, was dist cussed and disagreed upon by mem f bers of the Hospital Board last night i The majority of members were definite s that nurses were entitled to every coml fort that could reasonably be given. , Mr. J. C. Crawford started the argu i ment. Why, in war years, and why . when the city hospital lacked all sort > of essentials, was time being wastec ; at Lower Hutt upon things like pie ture rails that no one wanted. Why also, such non-essentials as hot anc cold water and radiators in- every nurse's room when the whole plact might be blown sky-high if the wai went wrong? Nurses, above everyone, were entitled to all the conveniences that coulc be given them, said Mr. J. Purvis. Nc one worked harder or under such trying conditions. . ' Mr. Crawford: Have,you hot watei ' and a radiator in all your rooms? 1 Mr. Purvis: I have, as a matter oj ! fact, and if I had not I would still " say that nurses should have them. Mr. H..F. Toogood said that whai ■ had concerned him was seeing men, when men were so short, fiddling aboul '■ with things like picture railings. Time - should not be wasted on non-essentials ■ when first essentials were lacking, '■ How many nurses at the Wellington . Hospital had , suffered in health because they had not individual radiators • and hot and cold water? ■ i Mr. C. S. Cederholm agreed thai s nurses were entitled to every con- ■ sideration. There were perhaps sound ; medical reasons why every nurse • should have her own wash basin. The • time to question what should have been i provided and what not was when the . specifications were being considered, ■ not now. ■.. . ! "Those points were considered when \ the specifications were discussed," | said Miss A. Kane. "Because we have not water and radiators in the Wei- [ lington nurses' home, is that any rea; son why the Wellington Hospital should be held up as a model? It's the worsi ' in New Zealand in some respects.". [ Mrs. Blake: Nursing is the worsi paid profession in the world. I am going to stick to hot and cold water for nurses, even if Mr. 's wife hasn't got it in her room, and I am going to vote for hot water and radiators in another nurses' home." ' The chairman, Mr." P. Castle; And so am 2. ••■ ■ ■ % . , ■ ■ It was reported at the monthly meeting of the executive of the Wellington R.S.A. that a second donation of £50 had been received by the association from Webby's Club, Cuba Street. This money is to be earmarked for the rehabilitation of ex-servicemen of the present war.