A GROWING PROBLEM
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION
AVERAGE OCCUPIED BEDS
In the course of his annual report to the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board last Thursday, the chairman,. Mr L. Buddie, stated that the Whakatane Hospital was originally- built in 1924, as a 28 bed hospital and with the exception of an addition to the men's ward designed to accommodate a further 10 beds, the main portion of the institution is now as it was originally built. In 1927, a maternity annexe of 12 beds was built and in 1940/4.1 that annexe was enlarged to hold a total of 22 cases. An infectious diseases isolation block to hold 8 beds was erected in 1924. Up to 1937/38, the available ac-> commodation was quite sufficient, the average number of daily occupied beds (including maternity cases) being 36.41 for that year. The following schedule shows the increase for that year:"— Year Average Occupied Beds 1938/39 40.88 1939/40 50-. 02 . 1940/41 57.80 1941/42 . . 61.3=) 1942/43 65.94 1943/44 78.2 These figures are, as stated, avierages. Naturally there have been more patients at certain times and less at others. In this connection, it is interesting to note that the largest number of patients in the institution in the 1943/44 year on any day was 95. Of that number, six were maternity cases, the balance, eighty-nine being squeezed into normal space for 50, in the main block, and eight in the isolation block. The normal accommodation at the institution is now as follows: — Men's Ward (including verandahs glased-in in recent years) 30 beds. Women's Ward (including verandahs glassed-in in recent years) 20 beds. Isolation Black, 8 beds. Maternity Annexe r 22 beds.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 73, 16 May 1944, Page 5
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274A GROWING PROBLEM Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 73, 16 May 1944, Page 5
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