REDUCTIONS AT HOSPITAL
SYDNEY DIRECTORS’ DECISION. STAFF DRASTICALLY RETRENCHED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Feb. 18. Hampered by an overdraft of £105,000 and tradesmen’s debts amounting to £14,000 the directors of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have decided to drastically retrench the staff and close a number of beds. The annual cost of runnin" the hospital is £130,000, of which the Government contributes £06,000. Henceforth only urgent and casualty cases will be admitted till the position improves.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1931, Page 6
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