ST HELEN'S HOSPITALS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3561, 22 September 1916, Page 3

ST HELEN'S HOSPITALS

) ... EXTENSSON OF FUWCTiOMS

WELJJNGiTON.. Soptcmoer 2J. The .Minister of Public Health states i that there will bo established at onco | at St. Helens Hospital, Wellington, i and at all other St. Helens Hospitals in ij i the Dominion clinics where expectant j j mothers will be able to obtain advice j and treatment as out-patients, j Circulars ;%re being sent to all lneclii efl.l i>ractitioners in each district adj vising them of the position, and inviting their co-operation. The clinic will bo in charge- of the medical officer of St. Helens HospitMi .in eaefi centre, find any patients who j may not be iv a position to pay fees j foi' pre-natal advice and treatment will ! be able tc obttv.i T.hts nrfovjnatior! of j treatment by applying to the jfi.ttroji !or medical officer. Those patients who '. liq.ve engaged tho services cf a ]>r:v;;to | i medical practitioner, for conrnu>mrnt 3 will 'be strictly regarded as private | patients, and will not lie booked for | admission to tho hospital, except. wh'Te | the condition is considered to require I hospital treatment, and with tho cr-v-I sent of the doctor ko eng-'AgLHI. 'No I woman whose husband is in receipt of I more thun.£4 pov weolc v.ii] Ik> enHi titled to treatment at these e'jinic--. I RecommpPidations forwarder] by mcdiI' crJ practitioners. whothiH 1 p'-ivate or | public, for trentmont at those hospitalswill be carefully dealt with and in such cases patients, after roc-ivnip: prenatal treatment in hospital, will, be able to return to their homos for confinement. The Minister hopes that the. oonrli--1 ;■ tioris now brought about wi'l have-the f : effect of materially asaistin;.-!: wnro jj earnest and also members nf frioiuily I : societies who come within tho liniita- | ■ tiou of salary mentioned.