ST. HELENS HOSPITAL ENQUIRY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 2

ST. HELENS HOSPITAL ENQUIRY

ENQUIRY AT AUCKLAND. (BY TBLECBAPH— PBKS3 ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, sth February. At the St. Helens Hospital enquiry today Dr. P. A. Lindsay said. ho considered the home in every way an admirably conducted institution, having regard, for the population and size of the city of Auckland. Ho did not think the present building a suitable one for a maternity home, but considering the building itself and its situation he thought the home did remarkably good work, and the results compared favourably with those of any 'other maternity home. The position of the institution certainly was a very handy one, but that was about all that- could be' said in favour of it. He would prefer to see it on a site further removed from the tramline. In reply to a question from the Commissioner, Dr. Lindsay said he did not think it would be advisable f6r the home to be an adjunct of the general hospital. The Commissioner : > In your .opinion is the existing site one that should be abandoned if a more suitable one could be obtained? t Witness : Yes. Do you think, in the interests of those who use the home, it would be a good thing to have a resident medical officer whose sole duty would be to look after those in the home?— No. I think it would be a preposterous thing to have a resident medical officer solely for the institutlon. t Witness, in response to further questions, said he did not think mote than one medical officer was necessary for the hospital. With regard to keeping case booksj he thought that in public institutions such as the St. Helens Hospital the book should be kept regularly and as fully as possible. He did not think it would be at all pracicable for patients to be allowed to nominate their own medical attendants.