HOSPITAL DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 6

HOSPITAL DAY

CHURCH PARADES NURSES AND BOARD MEMBERS The annual Hospital Day church parades were held yesterday at St. Joseph's Cathedral in the morning, and at Knox Church.in the evening. Both services were attended by members of the Otago Hospital Board and hospital nurses, and:appropriate addresses were delivered.

At St. Joseph's, in addition to hospital nurses, a party of V.A.D. workers was present and High- Mass was celebrated, at which Bishop Whyte presided. The sermon was delivered by the Administrator of the Cathedral. Father Gavin, who spoke of the influence of the Catholic Church on the nursing profession from the fourth century down to the present time. The parade of nurses at Knox Church numbered upwards of 250, and included a party of Red Cross nurses. The Rev • D. C. Herron, in his address, dealt with the contrast between the conditions under which nurses worked to-day, and those with which the pioneers of of the profession had to contend. He traced the growth of the profession from the time of Florence Nightingale and spoke of the difficult training problems which had to be solved in places like Manchuria. Solos were sung.by Sister Lewis and Nurse Gardiner, and an appropriate anthem was rendered by the choir. '■''. NURSES' REUNION The annual reunion of the Dunedin Hospital nurses was held on Saturday. Mr J. W, Dove, the chairman of the Otago Hospital Board, welcomed those present. He added that the lady superintendent of the hospital had recommended that a post-graduate course should be held for nurses who had completed their hospital • training, so that these nurses could be of use if any emergency should arise in the future. The following items were given:— Duet, Nurses Crawford and Pearson; recitation, Nurse Knowles;. song, Nurse Slater: Scotch numbers,-Nurse McDonald. •'