THE WAIRAU HOSPITAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 156, 7 July 1902, Page 3

THE WAIRAU HOSPITAL.

TO TKE EDITV»*U j Sir,—l wro** ywa a fear days ajro J «?ft»;n4-:S|r «os»e scatters; ia o©»nectk--a wifci U» Wairss) Hc*vj>ital which were not properly sawS-arstood by tbe fujblse. My krttrr'fcas railed forth several W|*ii«». «•** «w>w <"" Iw* personal* bet none of I**™ feare attempted toeootrorwrt <*r «veo toorfc -opon tie points 1 wfeirwl t©. Virkms questions have bent awted and statements made which aw- ■m crTdsewswR1* tkat ibey appear a* If prompted »«PF' by » desire to belittk tk» iattitwtiors tknn to paia infonna- j tkm, O»e rorfwpojitScttt i» tr©nbk*«l &lM»t *•» Irt f!y" in the teg. anctiwr Is *"r«iMd" *boot »ot hemp aWe to pet fci* own pfcyweiKi to afteaidl htm in the Hcwpital; :s«d a third is "on© who *«fcr*** froai a J'Hosiffn aboct tbe SMrHary's mlary, *»<5 what tfcc l&"-t 1 SwewrtWTr 4M with isis. I can well •Jtopd t« p*» tfcewe ftmtt*in? letters by, 'fettt as <n«w jpßot3«a&an fcas placed bis •fettat jisw at xb# i<xA of liis epi*: 1!'» I will fwpjy to teiis, altlroojch 1 «« no oc*d to bi» |«pir«Wttfli! or n^.flect npon Li>> motires. • hi» frws'Tawoe*1, or erem tncTstion his Emawv I'J*' *«fc|OsJt'h *-Stc following "pvofwtitJce: *" If tfee invjtotsosa is condnetsHl ancw^rftp to Kale* xosi rornlatkcHi, Wfey *re ».ff*3!cali«3 not »<3tc;« tiaed f«r wtoem v*r*nr.k» «"Cf ist : why are «*s.t»i«i« pati«its sud Maori* excliwied, asdl jtwdjeos Rot allowed to Tt*4t tfessr t?«rn pattern*" :■" The standim^t m^Smn-r€ iht* Umpital dire:-: tv.at wt» aff*c*ist4Bi«s,!t t.r» a i^TO'iTvtswit oS« shall I* m*4e isaleM-* it h.\* adrcrti«wl toe in nw **r rr»ore fj»"w>psnr?s | rirr«laiiß|r £0 tiie B^ronch : fscTpt in j t3b* <*a«e »lV^tx» Vy » unar-imnn* role I tiw *t*a*iia|t c*rder» are Mi«p>end»i. Th* wrifw «* ttw *Kirr r* in error if Ike ttustex tki* rule fca* I«*«mj br^cn. H# is af«i« i» errr-r with r**p:-ct t« CBBte'tsie patiettt* ■a»i d Maori* bein^ exrlwirf. *• wVrtßt ft'l** spci^ect easos they jut* •4i»ttt*«4 «t obp«p a rod witlioat Of e«BT«e, where a cs*e is ■kA vrpmt the rale i* «af<ar«4t!iat the j*at#p«t «««*«t (to t«t fei* f*wis lM>pisal—l<» tiM» iw*fat*i i*iw*i«l for lii'ia by iiie 'mfl«M «4 tli* nm4d«!vt^ hx hi* owti rfistrwet« '$$<,-»«• ab*nrvl »»4 nni»«.t to mffnm that jwUetits co&ld be per-

I mittcd to select the hospital they liked I hdt—tt* !ear<* their own distiict ! and flock to another hospital—putting • that institution to perhaps a cost of ] rw poonds per bead a tv.ek for their I «uat««anc<' and for their own deserted I Hc*vpital tA receive all the rates. With regard to the Maori query he refere to * 4* resident surgeon "—wrong again— I ihonv is no so eh pers-on—he quotes the ! annual bonus the Doctor receives— | a«r>dn trrong—and as 'fes a mere ! e^ue-idenee that the Hospital Medical I Office* *ud the Doctor attending tlie [ patient are the same individual that fact i d«es not affect the matter in any way. I With respect to the last question, Why i sw outside TOodieos not allowed to visit ' their ots-q pitk-nts in the institution? ■ I reply- (t) Because they have no patients there to vjy-if. All patients in ■ a Government hospital are strictly hos- * pita? patients and r*o medical man is ; fvirwittec? to have his patients there. * i'2\ Becsr.«? it is acainst the principle • laid down by the Government. (3) ■ Rocau«-*» the Department will not pertr.it a divided authority or an absence jof responsibility, and last, bat not \ because the Government subsidy ! wwsld l»e stopped if it was permitted. |—I »«j t vie, | C. .1. W. GnirFirns.

{ TO THE EDITOR. j Sir, —Allow me space in your valu- | ship paper to express roy thanks to Mr is tTttflitfos for tbe way his letter has been j the means of ventilating that all iml pctrtant question "Oar Hospital;*' in ! fact. Sir, Mr Griffiths deserves the I thanks of the whole district. I am ' always certain when Mr Griffiths takes I anytijinp op there is something in it. 1 He b*< niTcn the public a good deal of ] information as to how patients are I admitted and the colour they have to I be, I sincerely hope he will find time J1 to pre a second edition to his ralnI able letter. I woald like, Sir, to i *smjc|?w«i to him to give a little time to j f»is«tee—l "know that is his forte—say, j a balance sheet or how the old men are I financed. —I am, etc., \ Taxpayer.