NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL
BUILDING COMPLETED AT AUCKLAND (P.A.) AUCKLAND. May 29. Completed .in the remarkable time of just over five months, two months under the contract time, the construction of the new military hospital in the Domain will end when the Fletcher Construction Company, Ltd,, whicjh began the work on December 12 on a tender of £70,000, will hand over the building to the Public Works Department. Provision for 150 beds is made in two connected wings, one' of one storey and the other of two. Already plans for extension are under consideration by the Health Department. An extra 3000 square feet of floor space in an addition to one of the present wings will, if plans are approved, make the hospital complete for extensive work in orthopaedic surgery. Included in suggested layout are many facilities for massage, electric and ray treatment, and a large gymnasium.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24620, 30 May 1941, Page 6
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