INCURABLE DISEASES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2076, 10 May 1907, Page 2

INCURABLE DISEASES.

Press Association. ■DUNEDIN, yesterday. At a meeting oi' the Trustees of the Benevolent Institution, Mr. J. M. Gallaway raised the question of the need in Dunedin of a hospital for incurables. Mr. Callaway stated that while a good deal of money had been thrown away in the charitable relief here, the question of providing n hospital for incurable patients was one of the greatest urgency. lie I'omplained that the Benevolent FLomo was gradually being diverted from its proper purpose to the accommodation of incurable eases, "ft is simply awful,” lie said, ‘‘to see the state it is in oufthere.” The Chairman (Mr. Talboys) said that this question had been brought up icfore, and the Trustees had sought nformation by writing to the Charitable Aid Board, but the letter had never been replied to. He thought the. Trustees were entitled to ;i report on the matter. The late Dr. -MacGregor (formerly Inspector of Hospitals) opposed any additional buildings in the grounds, and the Trustees therefore wished the Board to obtain from Dr. Valintine (Dr. MacGregor’s successor) a report on the advisability of erecting such a building; also a report on the whole scheme as far as the institution was concerned. An animated discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Ai'klc said the Benevolent Home was practically a home for incurables. Mr. Callaway: It is being made so. One or two other members apparently failed to see why this should not be so. Mr. Tapper: How would you like a patient with an incurable disease sleeping in a bed next to you? You must keep incurables separate from old people. Finally it was agreed, on Mr. Tapper’s motion, to set apart a day for a special meeting to discuss this and other questions.