DUTIES OF HOSRITALS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13479, 19 July 1907, Page 2

DUTIES OF HOSRITALS.

INSft&jbAOT) VIOLA^f j Diy ft& |Ov|^l^^^« (Inspeojiw-Gene4 ral of HospiTw)*li&roorwarda| thj| fol-j lowing partic^ar&to Ito; J« H^Parkeij (chairman of thewjNjrwu^ymouth Hos-1 pital and Chaiffß<o^ r Aiayßo^rd) dealA ing withx^-^a^fi^ J^ro^ljtNtaider his! notice at^.^^^^f^nm^xhe Board a fortnight agd.^^l£j|^^out of the case of a man wha^ftSjsaOTWted to the Hospital after -hjtViSj~* aSempted to commit suicide /'andj^hilsfe. suffering from delirium trenjjfcns. IHt "^alintine states: — ,/~ J? "As rdjgl&|cu)Zhsaiie patienfcs^youij Board .ia ; wp^& t i*^ t-^^aim-t ing rejjp^hsijm|sy7 but js~wotucT be un-l wise to refuse ltd tsuch oases! until they could be. r dujjr certified andremoved to "a • m^n^al hb££ftelJ '- - "I und^t<Dd^mClk. Hay that during the present session the .new Lun4 acy Act. will- reiquiue Hospital Boardd td provide, a ,roqg»,yoiT rooms',. :»tiitM Hospital forytjie tetngpjary accpmigoeia-j tion 9f the insanp,.. -By gu^h means, will be possible ta, 4b awajr/wji^ present system' of eiammmgsuon^ cases j at police' stations, br^gaofi/'w^ich it certainly: unfair to patios . andprela-j tives. '"• • '• ■■ ' ' •"' * •'-->■ "As' "regards ' delirium"^ tremeni patients such, aq jn^Biipnedin yo,qr let -ter of July 4oth, I-haW interviewed the Commissioner of Police who informed me that in future 1 thVfJdKoe will assign Boards in provfding"Gpnstableß to watcli such patients lintilj iA'the opinion of the attendant, the -assistance of a constable is no longer 'required, "For delirium trejnens. .patients* sent to the Hospital in the ordinary w.ay, i.e. not through the agency of the police, the Board will have to provide a special attendant if such is considered necessary.."