THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 38, 14 February 1905, Page 3

THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.

| DE - COLLINS' BBOGirATOW AC CEPTED. _ lm ™* J " MflLeod. moved that the j^tT^lL »»e received. He said he £ 31. Pl con ™° for tiie Board to L " '! m^eB *' U . seMm ded the motion to accept the resignation. -MiU. J. (Jarland said it was with the motion. There were many '..ircumrtances stirronnding the whole W that made it reg-mtable. There were m Jv oiit.Mdf members of the Board who would regret the necessity for Dγ Colhns resigning his position. He oouid not give fnll expression to what he woold hba to say. for he was speakin* andn considerable pressure of feeling. It had been both hi, privilege and duty a« obu.irir.au of the Board darinu- two years to see much of Dr. Collins, and he .-ould say unhesitatingly that to Dr Colims the welfare of his patients was" vis first rare. Air A. R. Harris: Hear. hear. Mr Garland saki li fi had often been at the hosp.tal late at night and other times in the day, and had always noticed Dr. Colhns , or-pat rare of the "patient? A wry i arK e class m tue conrmtHiitv woidd rant, that l>. Collins' conne.-f.ioa with thr Hospital was to cease As t.o the excellence of Dr. Collins , work at the Hospital, i-he figures spoke for tbemsptves. When the public read these ; figures they would realise what it meant to lose the services of sneh a msn. It was only to hp hoped in th? in | terests of the patient.* that the Hospital ' would bo ;is e&refoHy carried an in the futarr as it had been during Dt. Collins , time A sren+loman sHrrin<r hi the room hrrp j ros* and asked if hf could speak to th" ' Board. Rp only wished f 0 =ay henr j sorry he that Dr. Collins 'learner i the Hospital. = i Thy Board then, without further disuussiou. accepted th*> resignation. Lia-tei , on a i|iiestio!> was af4c*>d by Mr Harris Avhti-h was to some rot!- j netted with ttlis matter. Mr Harris saitl ho nndwrfttood a report had been furnished to the Board which gave statistics >b<iw- | in<£ results at thp Hospital, and that re- | port had never been submitted to the j Royal Commirtsiou. He thought eopi*? ; of that report should be furnished ro j mcrabcis of the Board and also to the ' prerfs. I The Chairman said he did not know j anything about tin , report, or -who au- I thorised it to be furnished. | Mr Garland said ho asked for such a report to l>o , furnished, giving the r<»of operations at, t.ho Hoi>prf;il for j the last five years. The Board j r.bat report should be furnished. It was ] furnished, and it was never piaesd upon | the table, hr was told by a cor- ! tain solicitor that if ho dared to do so ( he would he sllpd. He was threatened i by n ■iotirirnr* in the Supreme Court r buildings, therefore hf had not done it. i The Cteiirmaa iin<ier t.hfsw rirr;um- ; =tani.-es he did not think he should pro- j duoe that report. rT« thought it j merely n dwuraent thnt might be giver, i U> anybody. i Mr O.iriand: The Board authorised its product km. ■ Mr Bollard: We ha.re the risrht to =cc j it. j Tha Chairman: Oh. ye.<-\ | Mr Harris: Do you mean to say mem- J her? of the Board ure not entitled to j iec that doenmeat? j The Chairman said he wished to give i them every information to which mem- j hers were legally entitled, but ho would ! not placo either the Board or himself in 2. position that could not be legally sasUiinpd. Mr W. R. Bloomfieldi Who supplied the vpport? Cbaimvan: The house steward. Mr Harris: I will see that report by j some means. The Chairman: Give notice, of motion j ior its production.