PUKEORA SANATORIUM

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 51, 24 November 1919, Page 8

PUKEORA SANATORIUM

UNFOUNDED COMPLAINTS

Complaints iyen made recently by the IM.urned Soldiers* Association regarding flio condition of the military sanatorium .it Pukeqra. Tho Minister of Dofciico has received a report on the. subject from Bricaoicr-Gcnoral Jl'O-vin, Direc-tor-General of .Medical So 'i-rs. Tho report contains the followiiig paragraphs:

"Coat of Piuwloriiim.—Stated to Iμ ■£(10.000. This is n gross cxnggerntion, Tim total cost, of tho sanatorium, inchidiiiK tho slielters being constructed (up to 150). land on which it stands, machinery for water pumping, electric lighting , , and laundry will be m,M7.

"Class of Attendants. —This personnel is comprised chiefly of retimed soldiers. Main- of Iheso have proved unsatisfactory, nun , have been discharged. llore suitable men are enlisted as they lieeonip availnble. The female staff will be increased.

"The institution was quite rady in all essentials before patients wcro placed in it.

"It appears (hat this special committee, which made the complaints, has been misinformed on mnny points. I find the patients, with only two exceptions, happy nnil contented. All, excent one, Htiited they hud no complaint's or 6!iKueslion3 to ninke. The one comnlninant stated that ho disliked boilert mutton. Hβ admitted that alternative, dishes were provided. Tt was n pranged lo supply a still wider field of selection. Notices arc posted in the sanatorium that nnv patient hnring n complaint to muko will do so to the oflicer in charge. "Tlio following methnd has l>eon adopted In- the pationls in this institution: A Complaint Coniniiltce has been formed. Individual* are not allowed to complain, except .lo this committee. 'I'ln , coniniitli'C then renoHs Ihe ■•nmplninls to Ihe licliirni'd Soldiers' which sends a spi'cin! committee Id investurate and report. The rpjwt in Ihen publishcd in (ho Piv-s, mid so the ollicer in cluirw is for Ihe fii' k 'l lime made aware or Ihe c<.mpl;.i"K The '.{lice •"., iiksiii-ps me llmr he had m>l: heard of nianv of the cpmplninls before reading this report in Hip paper*. A similar ii'i-lliiid of commiinicaliii'c a series of complaints to Ihe ollicer in charge was adopted on .\ previous occasion.