HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2674, 31 August 1889, Page 2

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.

TO TUB EMTOH. Sill,—Tn your last issue appivirod n l-'tVr from Mr R. W. lioche of Te Awainutu on the above subject. Upon the whole, a vciy fair criticism of the position, but the elf.ict was sadly marred if not altogether nuililied by an unfortunate ailu>ion to unworthy motives being attributed to Urn Hamiltonians. Mr Roche's Mlusrm rrrljcts u:>ou some of the representutves of the Mosj ital Board, that they are under the influence, 1 suppose, of the business people of Hamilton, as it is presumed they get all the advantage of tho Hospital expenditure. It is ii pity such subjects cannot he discussed upon their merits without attributing unworthy motives. Your correspondent is inclined to be rough upon the Hamilton people for magnifying their township at tho expense of the rest of Waikato. I have heard this statement made before. Will your correspondent kindly furnish a case in point? Does it not strike your correspondent that by referring to the ascendancy of Hamilton in the way he does that he is helping it forward, emphasising a fact which may not previously have dawned upon some of your readers? and this, apparently, I am sorry to note, against Ills \vishr-«. Is your correspondent envious? As an outsider and one who fancies he knows a thing or two, I am bound to admit that geographical position cannot be ignored. By river, rail and road, Hamilton has been niado a centre, in fact tho centre, of a by no means unimportant or restricted area. Her residents may, if they choose, emulate Rip Van Winkle and go to sleep, but Hamilton will, without any effort of her residents, surely leave the other townships in tho roar. From this advantage of position the wisdom of tho Hospital Board in selecting the site for tho hospital buildings will, as time goes on, be more fully recognised. Returning to tho point at issue, it may fairly be claimed that wo have a right to expect from the Board eflicieney, at the least cost-, in our hospital management and judging from the composition of tho Board which, in its representative capacity, is more widely extended than any other local body, tho ratepayers, I believe, will be pretty safe to leave tho matter in their hands, and whatever decision they may come to, it will, or rather it should, represent public opinion generally and not that of individuals or sections of the community. —Yours, &c. JCNCTA, Kirikiriroa, August 30th, 1880.