INDIAN WOMEN IN FIJI.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 319, 18 January 1922, Page 13

INDIAN WOMEN IN FIJI.

The following article, which has appeared In the "Sydney Morning Her..ld’’ and "Daily Telegraph." has been for warded by Dr. Mildred Staley, who w rites to say that she is happy, the first step has l>ecn taken to help the Indians in the opening of the dispensary, for which the Government accepted Dr. Staley’s ideas and estimate for adapting a suitable building and furnishing it. The leading Indians (150) were invited to the delightful opining of this dispensary. A DISPENSARY FOR INDIAN WO MEN AND CHILDREN IN FIJI. “On the 21th of July, at Toorak Rosd Suva, a dispensary for Indian women and children was opened by Mrs I Me Owan. w ife of tbe acting Colonial Sccre-

iary, in the presence of Mr McOwan, Dr. and Mrs Hunt. Dr. and Mrs Strathairn. Dr. Mildred Staley, members of the hospital staff, and a large gathering of Indians. The well-known Indian storekeeper, !>• oki, placed a building at the disposal of the Government, who have leased it from Deoki for a season. "The building has be* n equipped and fitted out suitably, and contains a roomy waiting room, operating room, and a dispensary. "The dispensary will be in charge of Dr. Mildred Staley, who will visit it on certain days, having associated with her then a certificated Indian nurse. Mrs I. Perashad, the wife of an Indian missionary, who is a fully trained dispenser, nurse, anaesthetist, and midwife. "This first purely Indian dispensary for women and children will prove of great value to the Indian community in Suva." Since the opening of the dispensary, Or. Staley mentions that it has been well patronised by the Indians, and she is kept very busy. She also speaks of the difficulty in securing domestic help which obtains throughout Fiji. You will see her task is not an easy one.