ST. HELEN'S HOSPITAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13779, 18 June 1908, Page 8

ST. HELEN'S HOSPITAL.

■sir. \\ i:ii«• thanking you for the courtesy extended to me, also for your, iritere.-t in (hi* vital question by the addition- of a .-.jbleader, I cannot wo art v renvoi) why all nurse* should not attend 'Hi. Helen* jJ.vj.itni - 1< receive tiio buncfit of the maternity lectures' given (here, with < 1 <i>irj 1!%- quafjfvijig result.-, ii 10 Government, has always plenty" of (ash oh hand, and there is amp!" room in tin; grounds to erect « classroom, with an approach direct from the- roadway. 'I'lta St. I'lelcn.-; nurses, being a strictly maternity home, need not come -;• contact with thecuoirie jrarjf, arid could arrange themselves exclusively 00 one .--id-.-, the outside nurse on tin; other, 'ho principal tva.-on for fit bein}? in tin) event, of nay outside nurse currying an infection, v. hielt perhaps in theirstate 'if ignorance they might pos.?ibiv do; ' but the line of demarcation in the chss-r'wnn would ohvinto ail trouble This Mr. Sttldo:i intended to do. and his intentions aetv known to Mr.-;, i} tacit Xei'l, who was subinspector ol hospitals under his regime. Mr». Xcill not being a regis! eml nurse did not comply with the rigid rule of the new • regime, and she Had to give, way for a certificated head. So far so good, As Mr. Fowlds .saw the advisability and ncees.-ity lor • this move, so the community in asking for this knowledge to be spread amoiar them would alto ask that every Minister upon accepting office should have at, least a rudimentary knowledge of the Department* he is called upon to administer at a Salary of,£'1000. and not leave such important matters j to be adjudicated by his Department, which j is an irresponsible party. If the .Departmerits must do it, then givo them the bo lie He ■> of (h0,.£1000 a year, and let them be directly fresponsible to the country. • v * Emit. Nicor- - f "