WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10756, 30 April 1913, Page 4

WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

PROPOSED BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. [Per Pbess Association.] WELLINGTON, April 80.

At a special meeting of the "Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, called by the Inspector-General of Hospitals (Dr Valintine) yesterday, an important proposal was made by the Health Department in regard to a decision of the Board to engage a bacteriologist for the hospital. Dr Valintine said that the matter he proposed to put before the Board was an important one. He believed the medical superintendent (Dr Hardwick Smith) had been instructed to engage a bacteriologist in London. The proposal which he had to make was that Dr Hurley (Government Bacteriologist at Wellington) should be appointed bacteriologist to the Hospital Board, together with his staff. The total salaries of the bacteriological staff would amount to £llsO per annum, half of which would "be paid by the Government and half by the Hospital Board. The Board would retain all fees, which would amount to about £2OO. The Department would hand over its present equipment, so that instead of having two laboratories there would be only one, but thoroughly up-to-date in overy respect. If this arrangement was agreed to a similar arrangement woukl be made with the other centres. The Department would have the use of the pathological block at the Hospital, and the Board would be able to call on the services of Dr Mnkgill (Government Pathologist). The Government woukl require to occupy only about two days per month for the manufacture of vaccines.