HUNTLY HOSPITAL.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XVIII, 17 November 1931, Page 2

HUNTLY HOSPITAL.

IT behoves all the citizens of Huntly vho take an interest in the affairs and the welfare of the town to attend the meeting to discuss the fate of the Huntly Hospital, which is at present trembling in the balance. A large capital cost was incurred by the erection of the hospital, the maintenance of the considerable staff kept on duty at the institution, and other running expenses amount annually to a considerable sum. Last month only six patients were admitted to the institution which, it is quite evident, is not receiving from the residents of the town and district that support to which it is justly entitled. At the meeting last week of the Waikato Hospital Board the position of the Huntly Hospital was discussed, and it was finally decided that—the Finance Committee make enquiry into it and submit a report to next meeting. Members of the Board expressed the opinion that the Hospital should never have been built, and that, owing to the loss on it, should now be closed. This is the position at present, and there can be little doubt but that the Hospital will be closed unless the people concerned do something to avert that action. At to-night’s meeting, Mr Geo. Smith, the local member of the Hospital Board, will submit facts and figures concerning the position of the Huntly Hospital, explain the dangers to which it is exposed, and ask the citizens to suggest some scheme by which it can be saved for the services of the district.