HOSPITALS AND ECONOMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14345, 15 April 1910, Page 4

HOSPITALS AND ECONOMY.

QUALITY ;OF FOOD SUPPLIES. y .•' ■■■• > -■■■•■■•.. ;\ .-'■■.■-• - ''•>'••-' - i; ' ' •".'■ ■. _-■■■ .'*'«> , ■ -■■'■■■":/■'■■'■ ./"':.W,::7?:'' "' ■' " - ; v,"*'-?|| [BY TELEGBAPH.—OWN eOKRESrO^DEKT.] ~\ ■ •■■■:■'.'■'. 'y l ; . ■'. ' ■ ■ *;*f-j'', '■'.'** . ''■ ■ ': .' .j ,'" .' '-.-$f , ;' Gisborne. Thursday. j$ " If hospitals in their expenditure would all come down to the average of what the more economically administered hospitals i spend, there would be a; vast, saving," . Temarked Dr. Inspector-General , ...,_; of Hospitals, at a conference with the local Hospital Board this morning... r Ho ~,; pointed out that ; the ■; hospitals in'the >0i Dominion cost £216,000 last year. There .?. could be, he said, a great saving if hos-,# pitals only,saw. to it that they got the value and 'quality of • the provisions they paid for, which many instances was not done. "I am,; however, very much against false economy,; and, in my opinion, § to make addition to your present baUdings you would only be wasting money." . >}. Dr. Valintine referred to a ;• site on '0. Mangapapa as one of the best obtainable % for a new hospital, the only objection being that it was :2£ miles from town. - £ There was ■■■ a high tableland •at a high elevation, i with a, fine , view .of the sea. I It would at ■ first be windswept, ; but ' by|g| planting trees for shelter it would be made j a splendid place; it would also be a fine | ground for a health sanatorium.; Hei>|| advised that a new hospital be erected on Jyg that site. • ■ .''*