HOSPITAL TREATMENT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 95, 15 September 1948, Page 4

HOSPITAL TREATMENT

Sir, —Having heard a lot pf criticism from time to time concerning conditions and treatment in our local Hospital, I would like to pass a “vote” in favour of the hospital. Recently, having to have a small operation performed, I was sent to the hospital. The bed was ready, a hot water bottle with my theatre nightie wrapped around it tucked in bed, quite welcome after an early morning drive to town. . Flowers already in the *room were a surprise. But for the all whiteness of the room and furnishings one would imagine oneself in one of the best class hotels. In fact, it was very much superior to an hotel room I had recently occupied. When I arrived at the theatre, everyone had a cheery “good morn-’ ing,” which helps to ease the strain. No matter how small an operation is, going down to the theatre is always" a bit of an ordeal. After all was over, and I felt like a cup of tea. Everyone was only too pleased to oblige, and a cup of tea arrived plus very thinly sliced bread and butter. A refill was no trouble at all. A nurse popped in to see if everything was going well and told me the push button over -my head was for use, “just you ring if you require anything.” Nothing was a trouble. One need not ask a second time for a thing. Now I am just waiting for the first person to start complaining to me that you don’t get good treatment in the Whakatane Hospital. Yours etc., COUNTRY COUSIN.