OAMARU HOSPITAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27391, 17 May 1950, Page 3

OAMARU HOSPITAL

Specialist Services

The board, after protracted negotiations, had been able to arrange for certain specialist services for the Oamaru Public Hospital, stated a letter sent to the Department of Health by the Waitaki Hospital Board. The board had appointed Dr R. G. Macdonald, Dunedin, as visiting eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist, Dr I. M. Rutherford, Dunedin, to act in the event of Dr Macdonald being unable to attend. Dr Hugh S. Stringer, Dunedin, had been appointed dermatologist and Dr C. W. S. Jerram radiotherapist. The department in a letter received at yesterday’s meeting of the board, forwarded Ministerial consent to the appointments. Mr J. Rodman was in the chair, and there were also present Mrs T. Munro, Messrs H. C. Jeffery, W. Kinder. J. B. Chapman, G. O. Pringle, and Dr D. J. Miller.

The Department of Health wrote stating that the Army Department had advised that during the present training year two camps would be held- for 18-year-olds, because of the absence of whole-time riiedical officers, it was necessary to employ Territorial Force medical officers. The medical superintendent, Dr Gilmour, stated that he was the only one affected at the Oamaru Hospital, and on application 1 he had been relieved of duty for the army for one year. Sister Grace Hall (Timaru) was appointed a sister at the Oamaru Public Hospital, and Miss Carrad a staff nurse. The matron, Mrs Chambers, was congratulated on her election to the executive of the Registered Nurses’ Association and was granted leave of absence to attend executive meetings during her two years’ period in office. The resignations were accepted of Staff Nurse R. B. Gunn, Nurses F. Preddy and Margaret A. Buzan and Nurse Aid June Strachan.