THE OTAKI HOSPITAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 11 June 1920, Page 3

THE OTAKI HOSPITAL.

DISCUSSION KE CLOSING ADJOURNED. I At yesterday’s meeting of the PalI incision North Hospital Board a conj v sideraldc amount of business kept the (Board occupied until a late hour. • When the correspondence was read : with respect lo the Otuki Hospital, it was deemed advisable to adjourn the matter, as jt was evident the discussion . would occupy some time, and the meeting resolved to take that stop, the whole of the correspondence, ete.: to lie on the table meanwhile. Among the correspondence received were protests against any proposal to close the Otuki Hospital, from flic Mnnukau public. Levin Borough Council. Muuukau branch of the N.Z.1.U.. and ''shannon Borough Council. The secretary reported having received a wire from the Department of Public Health, asking for copies of all resolutions passed by the Board with respect to the closing of the Otaki Hospital. to which the secretary had replied that no resolutions had been passed. Mr ,T. K. Hornblow stated that he lmd had a conversation with Dr. \ alintinc with respect to the Otaki Hospital. when he (Mr Hornblow) had suggested that possibly the Otaki institution might be used as a maternity home, with provision for meeting any emergeney ease of accident or sickness. Mr Hornblow said they had a Government institution (the Sanatorium) at Otaki. and he could not for the life of him see why any urgent, medical cases could not be dealt with there. Mr Hornblow gave notice of motion that the resolution passed by the. Board some considerable time hack, to the effort that the Board would take over the Otaki Hospital at such lime as the I Public Health Department requested i i them io do so. be rescinded. . _ > Dr. Whitaker said he had a notice or j : mol ion to bring down, and proceeded j to speak on the matter, when Mr Penn * i protested against a speech in explana- . " tion of a notice of motion, Mr Venn also gave notice of motion • for next meeting as follows: —‘‘That the Public. Health Department be notified that the Board is willing to take over the control of the Otaki Hospital at the rrel of the financial year.”