GIFTS FOR SANITORIUM PATIENTS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 95, 20 May 1938, Page 2

GIFTS FOR SANITORIUM PATIENTS.

[To the Editor], Sir, —May I, on behalf of the Red Cross Society, make an appeal to your readers for help in the work that is being carried on at Pulceora Sanatorium, When the Santorium was opened for soldiers at the end of the war, committees were set up to visit, arrange outings, provide entertainment, and supply extra dainties to the patients. Willing helpers have carried on the work since that time. Changes have taken place in the control of the institution. It is not now used exclusively for soldiers, although there are always some soldier patients. These women and children, from all parts of the North Island, are receiving treatment there. It will be readily understood that as the inmates are so fait away from their relatives and friends, they are often very lonely. The medical superintendent and nursing staff have stressed the value to the patients of the interest which comes from the regular visits of the Red Cross workers and others. Visits are made every alternate month and are always advertised. All gifts are acknowledged in this paper. The next visit is on Tuesday, May 24th. The committee will welcome new visitors. Cars will leave Mason’s garage at 1.30 p.m.—l am, etc., DORIS E. JULL, Sec., Red Cross Society.