AN ERROR IN FIGURES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1933, Page 5

AN ERROR IN FIGURES.

HOSPITAL DISCIPLINE NOT TOO SEVERE. NURSES' ASSURANCE OF LOYALTY (By Telegraph —Press Association.) ISTKATFOKD, Friday. At a meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board a report was received from Dr. D'. Steven, medical superintendent, taking exception to remarks made at the Board meeting on July 18th. Dr. Steven said the number of nurses who '.had gone through the hospital in the last five years was fifty, not ninety, and he emphatically refuted any suggestion of undue hardness on the part of the Matron. He stated that resignations at Stratford over the period were less than formerly and he believed they were less than in other hospitals.

A letter signed by. fifteen nurses stated that they appreciated the methods adopted by the matron in disciplining the institution and that the statement made by a Board member that- the Matron was too hard was incorrect and absurd. The letter emphasised the loyalty of the staff to the hospital and stated that the staff expected n reciprocal measure of loyalty from the Board.

Resolutions were passed by the Board receiving the nurses' letter and stating that the doctor's report on the resignations was considered satisfactory. The Board regretted that there had been an error in the figures quoted by the secretary who explained that: ninety nurses passed through the hospital in seven, not five, years.