Appointment of Lady Superintendent, Dunedin Hospital

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume IV, Issue 1, 1 January 1911, Page 10

Appointment of Lady Superintendent, Dunedin Hospital

At a recent meeting of the Hospital Board it was decided to appoint a lady superintendent, who should have charge of all the institutions under the Board, and supervise the nursing m each. Sisters on the staff of the hospital to be sent for charge duty m each place.

At a meeting on the 27th inst. it was further decided that an effort should be made to obtain a lady superintendent from Home, who would have had experience m the management of a hospital training school and a medical school, m which the same conditions existed as at Dunedin On the advice of Dr. Valintine Mrs. Bedford-Fen-wick was to be requested to recommend a lady suitable for the position, and Dr. Colquhoun, now m the Old Country, was

also asked to confer with Mrs. Fenwick, and see the lady she selected.

The resignation of Miss Veitch submatron was accepted, and m view of the fact that she had been nineteen years m the Board's employ she was granted six months leave from Ist February. Miss Rose Macdonald matron of the Medical School Maternity Hospital was appointed acting matron of the Dunedin Hospital pending the permanent appointment.