SHORTAGE OF NURSES
POSITION AT WELLINGTON MANY ON SICK LEAVE OUTSIDE HELP REQUIRED [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] "WELLINGTON, Friday
Of the 378 nurses at the Wellington Public Hospital. 33 are at present on sick leave. There is also, as usual, a number on annual holiday. A\ith a record number of patients—Bso yesterday—there is a relative shortage in the nursing staff.
To ensure that patients shall not be under-nursed the hospital board has authorised the superintendent, Dr. A. R. Thorno, to engage trained nurses from day to day, as necessary. At present three outside nurses are so engaged. About one-third of the nurses away ill are suffering from influenza and three or four from measles. Dr. Thorne said last night that overcrowding in 'the nurses' home and in the hospital probably had some hearing on the incidence of illness. An endeavour was being made to ameliorate the housing problem by letting a:* many nurses as possible live out. Dr. Thorne added that, even as things stood, the nursing strength in relation to the patients was better than it was 12 months ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 12
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