PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 June 1907, Page 2

PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

THE XUW jKJiGJ (JLATiOXy. The new regulations that came into force on the Ist hist. for the Accusing ami inspection of private hospitals, under the Private Hospitals Act of last year, are published in'last week's Gazette. Xo private hospital may be carried on, used, or conducted except under a license from the Minister. A pireach of this section carries with it a fine not exceeding £SO. The regulations necessitate, for every private hospital, a resident manager who may be either tile licensee, or some person appointed by the licensee. Jn every case the manager must be either a legally ipm lifted medical practitioner, or a registered nurse in the case of a surgical or medical hospital; or a registered midwife jn the case of a jying-in hospital; or u registered nurse having as resident assistant a registered midwife, ill the case of a hospital licensed for both purposes. For every six patients there must be a registered nurse or midwife. Names •aml ((tialifications of each intended to be appointed must be submitted by the licensee for the Minister's approval. Kvery private hospital shall always be open to inspection; shall not during the currency of its license be used for any other purpose; that no part of a bo-pitil in which patients are snH'cring from ail infectons disease shall be used for [he reception of patients during or tfnnucdiatcily aft'T confinement; that coiiipli't: 1 di-duftTlion of every room which has in'eu occupied by any case of infectious \lisea-e must follow immediately upon the patient leaving llie room; tint il shall be unlawful for any niurse to attend any other ease without undergoing complete disinfection And without the written authority of a medical practitioner; that every WeellKeil hospital with provision for over 20 patients must have a mortuary constructed of stone or brick, with cement Jloors, separate from the main building. There are provisions iu the regulations, also, prohibiting a private hospital 1 from training probationary nurses in general nursing. A private hospital for midwifery ease* may li" used as a training school for midwives on compliance with regulations approved by the ' registrar of midwives.

K<»r iiny lnvadi oi ili< , s r> or I'ailuro to obsi'i'vo. Hi'' provisions of them n [l'MiaUy not ■ C2O miy lie imposed.