SOUTH OTAGO HOSPITALS,

Otago Witness, Issue 3854, 24 January 1928, Page 69

SOUTH OTAGO HOSPITALS,

The monthly meeting of the South' Otago Hospital Board was held at Balelutha on Tuesday, and was attended- by Messrs Jasper Clark (chairman), T. D. Pearson, A. King, W. S. Thomson, J. W. Fenton, W. J. M'Kenzie, G. H« Thomson, H. A. Brough, and J. Christie. Matron Shepherd, of the Balclutha Hospital, reported that the returns for the month ended December 31, 1927, were as follows:—Patients admitted, 31; discharged, 36; in hospital on December 31, 33. One patient died during the month, and there were 26 operations. The' Milton Hospital doctor's report showed that there were seven patients in! hospital on December 1. Four- were admitted during the month, and 11 were under treatment. Five were discharged.

The Owaka Hospital doctor reported that there were four patients in hospital on December 1. Eleven were admitted during the month, and 15 were under treatment. Seven were discharged and one died, and on January 1, 1928, there were seven remaining. The Matron of the Kaitangata Hospital stated that during the month of December eight patients were admitted, and nine were discharged. On December 17 eight patients suffering from tonsilitis and adenoids were operated on and discharged the same day. A. O. .Keisenberg, secretary of the’ Hospital Boards’ Association, forwarded further particulars regarding postgraduate course for training tutor nurses. - The department fixed the expenses at £7l, and felt .that a bursary of £BO wotild amply cover the necessary expenses. Wherever a bursary was granted by a board it should be on the definite understanding that the nurse to whom the bursary had been given should return to the employ of the board for al definite stated period (say, two years) l or refund her bursary proportionately to the amount of service that is short of the contracted period. It was decided to grant Sister Waugh! a bursary of £4O for a post graduate course on the conditions laid down by thb Health Department.