ENDOWMENT FUND

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23181, 20 April 1945, Page 4

ENDOWMENT FUND

Appeal For £lOO,OOO (N.Z.P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 19. A public appeal is to be made shortly for £lOO,OOO for the purpose of endowing a chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at the proposed new Auckland hospital for women, said Mr P. Shaw, chairman of the committee of Auckland businessmen who have Interested themselves in the project. “The decision to establish a women’s hospital in Auckland specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics will be welcomed by the whole community,” said Mr Shaw. “There is no such service in the North Island, and what is available in Dunedin, although of an excellent standard, has for a number of years been inadequate so far as the rest of the Dominion is concerned. It is felt that the women of New Zealand are entitled to demand the highest possible standard of treatment. The provision of a women’s hospital in Auckland has the close interest of a number of leading members of the medical fraternity in all parts of the Dominion. In particular, the New Zealand Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society has worked very hard to this end. The Government has already agreed to provide the hospital and equipment. It is because of the urgency of providing such a service that it has been decided not to wait until the new hospital is built, but to take steps immediately to ensure that a professor of the necessary standard and experience is appointed at the earliest date. It is gratifying to know that we will have the support of all women’s organisations throughout New Zealand, who recognise the important national functions of a hospital for women.”