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MUN’S ACCOMMODATION I CONDITIONS AT GREYTOWN HOSPITAL. “A BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA." ' — “The ward is a regular black hole of j Calcutta.” said Mr J. E. Thompson, re-j (erring at today’s meeting of the: Wairarapa Hospital Board to the) crowded accommodation and general' inconvenience of the men's ward at» the Greytown Hospital. Mr Thompson' said that there were 18 patients in a j ward, al the most, 30ft. by 30ft. The I room was originally a women's ward' containing five beds, and to increasei the accommodation a wide verandah j had been built some years-ago, to the serious detriment of ventilation and’ light. The inconvenience of the ward, Mt : Thompson said, caused tile stall to] work long hours, and was a factor, against proper nursing "I should like, the members (<■ .we these eouditionsi for themselves,” lie said. "J know; there is a war on .md that the world | situation is grave, but nevertheless wcj have a duty to our sick and su’Jcring The matter is being d.snrsrn at '.he, meeting this afternoon. i
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 6
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