CARE OF THE SICK.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 15

CARE OF THE SICK.

- —-+ ■ ■ ,S GISBORiVG'S NEW HOSPITAL. In the care of the sick, the people of Poverty Bay have always been known for their large-heartedness. At the pre- g sent time a line new hospital is in course g of erection. . [ The first hospital was founded in v 1878, j the original building being erected on a g pretty site of eight, acres on the banks g of the Taruheru lliver. From time to g time'the old buildings have been added g to to provide for the needs of the growing ,g population, but some three or four years j ago it' became very apparent that analtq-. j gethcr more comprehensive scheme •-was ,1 necessary. Accordingly, a magnificent sito of thirty-nine acres, two miles from the - Gisboruo Post Office,' was secured at a • cost of ,£6OOO, and plans were prepared for a building on the most modern lines, to contain one hundred and thirty beds, exclusive ot' the accommodation for. the staff, and an isolation ward with twelve beds. The accepted tender for this fine structure, which is now Hearing completion, was J245.8GG. The equipment will be in keeping with tho general character of the building, and it is expected that tho total cost of the institution will be in the neighbourhood of .-EGO,'OOO. Tho Hon. Captain Tucker, M.L.C., is the present clrairman of the Hospital Board, but tho new building was commenced undtr the ehairnmnship of Mr. Chas. Gray. Mr.'H. M. Porter is the secretary. On n recent "Hospital Saturday" a sum of 'JE22o,was collected, and as this carries ft' Government subsidy of 245. in the £. the institution benefited to the extent of .£lßl. • ■