GISBORNE HOSPITAL INQUIRY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11443, 24 January 1918, Page 6

GISBORNE HOSPITAL INQUIRY.

J £t ''£fltomt!lo&T ■’’• Gisborne, Jan. 23. ■ ' , Ei'idcncO ';afc ’ tlie.-^ospi.tjlYpquifljgrj Was given 'by I Mis& ’MacLelhl, 1 r<S- ■ gistrar of nurses,' and Dr. Valentine, I aspect)pr.-Geueral ■ . pf namely • with regard to-; the departmental inquiry, .into the Higgins case, which they contended was properly-conducted. . :r >skcd whether die' thought it was advisable : fdr a ’ uiCdTcH lil-iii -to he’a‘ 'member of' the'Hospital- -BOard, Drc Valin tine saidßie'-'diU hot thinkdt ddvisfihlhj ' ’but J rid; Would f require legist ;tkm 1 do : : alter 1 'hath kno w h in qd ic ? 1 - men w iio' ]ia d; dOn e exhellent kvOrk'iu' conjunction'■•WithHospital Boards ■ "’‘Thb Chmihissibnet: Y-pmaretroid-ihg 1 • 6h : ■-'dirtigdrbns ground because ■■’tli'fsßis a hlOmPoratic couhtry. '-i -Dr;- Yaibhtiiiec s‘-ud : ■that-ho Still 'lrelddr high ■ opinibli of'Drr Bowie-s prbfessiomll; qualifications/ but did -not linbty didw, : wfth sd littlO to'sihst:aiice’°he‘had' ’been-able- to Carry on so weliVHle ; *lidd -'•} beeii highly re-, commended by Dr. Sydney Smith,' who now occupied a high adminis-: trativp- I position tijo Iggyptiaa Goveilhrawti 1 • • t Dr. Bowie gave evidence. He said, that ho took charge of the hospital in yand idniniedlafely there'bccun'ba it'wo epidemics; 1 -* He: had Iml npdsssst3Ehce except the honorary staff. ' Ho "came to town,, only ten times'"nr t_ tho year, during which lie cared patients. it4iaiibn¥i/'rns{fu'ctbt.i ' mm"' tb { liaVo nothing to do,ivii.lx~nursing, and he liud not discussed the matter with, ari}^hb^k)a^Mb i Board" -niid-” pcrliap's' dine iidnbrary. 1.;,