"STAR CHAMBER" INQUIRY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 5

"STAR CHAMBER" INQUIRY.

HOSPITAL BOAiioJ'S PROTEST. f aXpi'opps tQ !>t t.he which^ has arisen, in co,ijs,ect|p» v with the .Gisbbrne Hospital administration, the following from the Dominion of.- , February 18th; under the ..headings given above, is of interest:—..-. ..-. . . At. the -.monthly meeting -of the Wellington Hospital and' Charitable Aid Board,, held yesterdayv the following committee recommendation was adopted :— „ -, .. : , .. * '.'.That/ a. protest has been sent to the liispectbr-Genei'al, of M'ospita-ls in regard I to the manner in which the Assistant Inspector (Miss Maclean) is conducting the; inquiry in. regard to certain, duties alleged td be perfoi-med by the' nursing staff. The Acting-Medical Superintendent and the matron were not allowed to be present, • or represented, and they .were not officially • notified of the time oi; scope of the examination. The Minister of Public Health .has been respectfully requested -to .furnish, a copy of the report,' and , advised that when any s-imitar.- inquiry , is ..being Jheld at the hospital, the • ,prmcipa\, officers, (the Medica) Superintendent and the matron) . should be, notified; antl, allowed to be in attendance . or represented." . . I Mr...C : M. Luke saJ4,,tHnt he felt '.it his, dviy to- protest against the Jn'gh ■ ] landed,, methods adopt eel in. respect to the inquiry, and resented, such interference.on the.pai"t of Government officers in ,the conduct, of tho affairs of the hospital. .. , ... -,'■,...: , • The Ijev.i H.! yajj ...Stayeren also eutered an emphatic. prptes.t. against .siichStar Chambei; inquiries; as ,t|be one_re- ! ferre.'l to, o.nd was.of the .opinion that the Ifijist courtesy .the .' board.; could;.. ex-. pect_,,was that .ifhe iSledica;l .Snpei'intend,ent and th^ .ma.trpn^ should have been invited to, attend t|ie,* inquiry! 1 ,The Rev.- . J. . v KI " Elliott objected strongly , to the- method qf the enquiry, and woiijdi like ,tp., recoi-d n» Indignant •u'otcst in tl^.mtU.er. ' . It was, only British fairvplav that they should be i t-piT'souted .when it, was being laid down ■ how tluj. hospital .should be. governed. | Mrs, Wilfprd alsou rvcor.djad » ?tvongi ni'otest to.^he ,?v«tio)v.,of,. Miss The recommendation was carried without a, disseniic^uV r .^ouie. , „ .