TIMARU HOSPITAL.
(Pep Trfegs Association.) ; TIM ABU, this day. Anonymous ettei's " m the local press alleging that the nurses at the hospital were overworked and frequently ill,, caused the Board to make an inquiry \ and at a'-m^et'ing yesterday, the chairman read ' a ■' comp^ar^iiiy.e. statement; showing the proportion .£1; nurses to th<4 daily average patients, m this and other hospitals as follows :r-Timaru, 0.22, Napier 0.24, Wai katb 0.34, Wang&nui 0.24, Nelspn 0.32, Southland 0.17, Gisborne o:2j-, Thames ,0.3, ' Palmex^n North 0.2. Reckoned^iu the same manner, the domestic staff is l&rger'than any other hospital, named. Ttoe.matron and. nurses jiave no knowledge of the letters,, and said they had made no complaints' and had none to mja-ke. ■ ; '.•'■■■•■-. < . The Board to ask ,the .net Minister to look into the bid claim for a subsidy withheld; also to pay for the eceotion; ".<>£.* ipadded cell and permanent male attendant for violent mental" cases, including ' delirium !tremens. >
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12817, 17 July 1912, Page 2
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151TIMARU HOSPITAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12817, 17 July 1912, Page 2
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