WE PUBLIC HOSPITAL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20091, 21 November 1930, Page 13

WE PUBLIC HOSPITAL.

»"° a °* ™ PEESS ' 1 recentlv spent a fortnight as ft*' . our " Public Hospital, and ipltie !Lnt I received filled me with that I would be glad H® a )] o «r me to express it if f OO . (i, e columns of your paper, durongo "J® f lhjs , etter have the W L I confess 1 had> that f ood ideai attention careless, * <vor k indifferent at the sad.WT ev may take mv assurance are utterly and absolutely lis* tß^f rv own operation was 100 per and I was home again tts«- in record time, and jjjonno w ono of the thousands of I **J. y oerformed each year and successfully, as a matter of P" There is no sense or atmosfailure there. Failure doesn't Ckto the scheme of things at all: ® thought about. ** ,li« natient, of course, the operand its work are closed £2 and his interest is usually i„ the work ot the sister and Ttatf of his ward. We have S ?k«arß that nurses are overworked Ifc is such a commonplace ttits significance has almost been rotten. But lying in bed watching T*jVith interested eyes at their is quite a different thing. Just rc jj. the day nurses as they come rt ~~g a .m. Here they come smiling '"dWfS smiling, jaunty, ready for milling. At once they start on the SSs fiat must be done. Cleaning iraihiflg, making beds, dressings, ftw v hero necessary, up and down, ~~2oj down, not a minute lost, not a !L of flurry or impatience. BreakXLeaeh h' B own little table—the tables—a few hasty miniJt for their own breakfast—and tad they come to work again ; up and kn, up and down, ceaselessly. GttM at' 10 o'clock seems to bring .trilb it * 1"" unt 'l medical inspection if <«r, and with luck the quiet may Igt until pinner. Atter dinner, the gjga unending round Duty is finiJud at '2 o'clock nominally, but as aSta&s npt.it is 2.30 or 2.45 before -jkm ouuuge to g«>t away—to lectures jagdy, and - Yet, tboir" olocfw aiV tnknn bv other jaSiagi keen, efficient nurses, they go j4* as jauntily and as smilingly as «*«« i thev come on, though they must It 3S tired as death itself if wards lie busy. iad so it goes on until nightfall and j£a night nurse comes along with her itOed light to take over her onerous ij*jl of duty. And if you are wakeful it night, you will notice flitting ignres, mvsteriously coming, mvsteri«iy going their rounds in quest of ■formation regarding patients. It is mrrelions how thorough their system it There was one old "daddy'' who ttok a sudden turn in the night while I was there, and I swear it wasn't five siautes before the night sister, superintendent, and a doctor had arrived. I lid always tlxi? comforting feeling that ItCoald fall asleep knowing that, if «Mj be, kindly and efficient hands , fere ready to help at any time. I feel that this letter is too long to impose on you, Sir. but believe me it falk short of what 1 would like to ■rite had I my way.—Yours, etc., GRATEFUL. November 20th. 1930.