SPECIAL WARDS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 3

SPECIAL WARDS.

i M iMi rjir ijji; Mental c a^;,i MU |;f JMjHBStr i'!|: In> view o(’ the • increns'ngly large! ji number of patients artendinm lyes established at the puln’M: I h'Wprtafls i‘ jp? the four* .hhiil W Centres for the treat fjlifieht of casks of incipenfc rei'tonS T.nd i biental afflictions, the question'.of pro;.' T-vitfmg' special wards js Irnighr into piv mijrfehce. vßep'r'ps.flfttiflns in tMs direction have recently: been made to ■tV.".’Minister of Health. Yesterday 'the Hon. A. I S:alla.dfepn ti turn. that the pro*. 1 vision of these wards was one of ibe questions which: had ' been .Mpaping. h : s attention for sene time Tie seal that the clinics •••ere being attended by increasing n.Tubers s-vl.'iig ;u!v.*e and treatment, a’id Ue fnTmlit , *w r 'cf weekly session w-'u'ci shortly liar* to be increased. The M niscer ‘■ait that '4nlt^hcdd ! if a' war'd rA^tath-ay.-fa tf&Pr four chief liO&pialS' wkre tot apart for cases which required ' Kiorb exhaustive examination than was nrssiblo in an out-patient department. apd/efforts ..were being made to secure the co-operation of hospita lboards in the main centies. The manifest advantages to patients and to the country, of promoting early treatment in the pre-certifia'ble stage of mental disorder was so obvious, as to need no comment, said the Minister. He felt sure’.of the most earnest co-operation of all concerned.