HOSPITAL ECONOMY
WARNING BY WELLINGTON BOARD. WFi.l-INGTUN. May 7. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Wellington Hospital Boa id points out that it has cut down the estimut ed expenditure to L 129,789, iinsulting from the reduction of 20 per cent in the Government subsidy and lewes as compared with last year.
The board points out that the reduction will probably serious!}’ jeopardise the efficiency of the board’s services and unduly limit the amount oi money tor the proper maintenance of wards and buildings. It may i seriously imperil the welfare of sick: and injured
• ,i cnr’ousiv limit the amount for charitable aid, unemployment, relief uisuess and maternity demands. | The board issues a warning that in the'event of the present demands ! for assistance being continued it will have to ask for special grants or arrange finance bv wav of an cvor'dralt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1931, Page 2
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