TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA PATIENTS
ALLEGATIONS AND REPLIES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, December 23. Duriug tho influenza epidemic allegations were publicly made that Christchurch Hospital had been turned into a shambles owing to the authorities faking warm clothing off patients and dressing them in cotton shirts. It was also alleged that pneumonia jackets had not been issued, and that as a consequence the change from woollen to cotton clothing had resulted in chill. , ,
Reporting to a meeting of the. Hospital Board to-day, Dr. Fox, the Medical Superintendent, mentioned that each patient was supplied with hospital cloth, ing instead of his own, which was generally in excess, and the v danger of chill was mitigated by the heating of the buildings. ' Although nearly all the staff had been laid,up arid some had died, in no case was a member .of the staff sapplied with a pneum6nia jacket—only a single bed garment—and all vere nursed in rooms heated similarly to the wards.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 76, 24 December 1918, Page 4
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159TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA PATIENTS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 76, 24 December 1918, Page 4
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