THE HOSPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 2

THE HOSPITAL.

PATIENTS WHO CANXOT PAY. At a. .lri.eefiiii;.'tiie-viHoiisißraiiil!'.TFinhTico' . Coinliiittoo flf '*.fh'e Ayelliii'gtoxti.Hospital,held .yesterday. afternoon;. the. '.following' ! ■member's were.' 'present C:' ; 'Kirk (chairman), S; T. London,'.(.!: Xasli, ! H. Baldwin, iJ. K. {jaidener; .J; Oodber, Pi T.. Moore,. "YVv and Lev. H. Van Staveren. i' , V:::«.i.Vv'Vr.' , The. cgnimifti-c retkirled and .leeoro'tnt'iidoil to the board : : .-(l). Tho.ta donaI t'ion of .CIO liJ-. had been received from ';\Vell-v.islior"; .i£lty;o%2(}ijifp£; the ■ Cliiltlren's Hospital from schoolchildren. in 'the ]'cd:V>r.e.district; nnd .SS '3d. from the Victoria. Com: : mittce, . .being lxuan CO. -0f,.. ; aHiOUIIt - IK li'aiftU .{2) ; /3'h'at lffrKaadi Lon<lon, witli Me. J/ihri, Aitken;.lve author- • iscd .to: {jnirchnpe. 'yidturos..' aiiiountiiis'-'lo ! ■ il'i for the i'ictoria:.ilosi'iial. II!)-That two rooms Ik- added, at. tho : ; back of ■ Wiirds- III; toradoriiigt'patients? ■clotlie?.^\:'U) r ;::TliaWsStra:"accainniodatiuji; : : )k provided; fn : : :a'dding tho.'.pass.; n;:« upstairs,- and that,.thV. woik .be proceeded with. (3) That authority' be civon for the 600-gnlloni tank.! for. ■ ?«xtr«££stora^i"of/.warer,i ! »^'wtei'-Mct»Mfor' Hki -Ohil«irfj< VHospital. A croquet sot for : the Victoria and h'e'ddon'.patients,. nnd ' ■■'6'n6rybzcn , 'bSsinett^sVfot^itlie; l CM!dron'3 ■ Hospital;; (fi) That. Senior Charge A tsrse \r. Jl'lieth be' promoted -to Sister, -and <"that the resignation-of ChaTgo .Nars; V. : Price be accepted with regret. (?) That •tli-o At&ridot of:- Mr'J.i' G. /Mar sh a 11;. bo?.a.c-■'coptM'ifoii-'MditionalJ^ ■■ at the ■Nurses' .HoineV. (8) That on tho < o'xpiry of ■'tho'sprcsent- policy/ on. ,tho •: Hospital/" ,tlio amountgbej.wr ' creased .'to' i and coritc-nts.. (9) . That, returns for fort- : nightly periods ended. May 27 ottd>Jnno ' 10 bo adopted. (Jfl) v ThaM'•letter-..0f : thanks be. sent to- Mrs. J. P. Luke.on behalf of St. John Anilnilanec Association ■'for a wheeled'-chii.ir; . presented to tJlo Victoria Hospital.. . ■ At the end of last month tHoro wrn .Ig^'malfe-iVatiohtsvond^lSS^feiu.^^^JaUcnts. i" Mis Trevor M'eniarkod that thero wns a "prevalent- idea abroad-. that, hospital psifients, who happened to . .lie , totally ! unable to pay for attonfeo. ww<-. foi red to do'. so l»v-the -hospital- nnthorite. - Ho < ttlr Trevor) wished it. to be. .undoi'sloea :te.: ; adrtfpp" : all;athnl;;' this !;:W(is!-iH^iUio-T:;-'ac!U.o >f : tiie authorities. ,5f they «ft ■ Assured' that the' patients were, reaby : unable to. meet ?tWrrapraseiSincurred ; (hoy did not pre.'? them.',, ihose, able to : n.iv wore, of course, . required to . do so, ■■fait tho ■liispltal/iiut.horitieSMbcljnotwish; ; to lib hard 'on .the, mifartmiately ;