CAMP HOSPITALS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3040, 29 March 1917, Page 6

CAMP HOSPITALS

NEW WARDS AT TRENTHAJI!'

A COMPLETE SYSTEM

The hospital accommodation available at Ti'enfchani Camp was added to considerably on Moridaj', when the two< uen , fever wards were brought into serrice. There was no ceremony, and! only one «f the- wards is really, in use. It has a solitary patient in one of its: smaller rooms, whoso case, though. Buspected to be measles, has not yetproved to bo one of measles. A Dominion reporter was shown over tlie neV wards by the P.M.0., LieutColonel Andrews, yesterday. The Waitarapa Ward and the Cottage Hospital! were also visited, and the remarkable, fact that less than a doztsn.men, in ai camp of 5000 soldiers, were in nospital was established as a result of the- ■: visit. ■ The Wairdrapa Ward has not heon occupied since before Ch'Pßtmas, . and, neither have the isolation wards adjoining the - Cottage HospitiU, in which cases are held until a proper diagnosis can be made. d'he favo wards.of the new InfecWous Diseaees Hospital are separate bui'ldings, of a type known as hut-wara£i>, jind are identical in design and equip—, ment. Each has its orderly-room in a: building close by, and a copkhouso of;, the regular camp kind is situated be--.tween the orderly-rooms, yet at a distance from them, and in such -a position that it can servo both ward's, although a wire fence runs between them.. Entering one of the wards from. the. end nearest the cookhouse, a passage leads to one of the main rooms. % On, each side of the passage are two single., bedrooms, and there are also a medical, stores room and a ward. kitchen, UK ! which is propped the special diets ie-.,. quired by certafa patients. Tho large, room into which the passage leads' occupies the whole wdth of the building, has a fireplace and doors opening -. on to a wide verandah. It contains, ei"ht beds. From it a door leads into., a similar room, which has two fireplaces and a verandah. The third | room opens off it, and has a fireplace' and a "lassed-in verandah, for the use, of convalescents. The lavatories etc...). are situated in a email wing of they building, close to the three main wards.-: the exterior and interior of the buildings are painted white, and all the ap-. pointments, are up to date. There is plenty of light and air in every Toom, while in winter the arrangements lot. warming the buildings should be more.,- -. than adequate. The nurses' quarters, are in a smaller building close at hand.,. k. A number of bedrooms occupy the space, on'each side of a passage which leads.to a comfortable living-room, there are also storerooms and other;* offices. Sonio distance away from the,. wards is the disinfecting room, where the patients' clothing is treated, ana in the nurses' quarters there is a-small-changing-rooni, where -uniforms are; changed on coming oft or' going on., duty. : Though situated at a distance..;, from the main camp and hospitals, tn& fever wards aw linked up by the newr;; reading, system, which is nearly com-v , Dieted, and which also leads down toy the canvas camp. On - the new wards were brilliantly lighted. , by electric lamps,"and the. efreot,. as* seen by passengers in passing trains,' was viry fine. Other new include offices for the clerical staff of tho hospital, and consist of a clerks ;• office, an orderly-room, and the. P.M.o.'6»office. , ■ ' - ■ The new ward which has been pre-> sented by the Wellington Racing Club; is making steady progress./In genera J design and appearance it resembles that of the fever wards. It is situated', close to the main group of hospitah ■ buildings. ■ .t . . The camp hospital system is -now very complete, and is self-contained, so, far as being situated.in,one concerned. The wards are remarkably clean and well appointed in every department,, including tho kitchens,.while, the few patients appeared -to he happy,, and contented.