Sixty wounded soldiers wore brought into Shanghai on Monday from the Liuho and Nanziang fronts, ten of whom were suffer ing from serious wounds and had to be operated upon immediately. Altogether 400 wounded soldiers fare now in various hospitals under the care of the Chinese Red Cross.
The large number of wounded coming from the fronts has called for a wider organization of the Chinese Red Cross. In addition to the Red Cross General Hospital in Avenue Haig and the base hospital in Tientsin Road, Dr. New Way-sun, Field Director, yesterday enlarged the accommodation of his organization. The Cholera Hospital in Tibet Road, which can take in 160 patients, has been handed over to the Red Cross.
The new house of the Commercial Press has been turned into a hospital. The Shanghai Hospital at Nantao can accommodate 40 wounded men; the Industrial School at West Gate with a capacity of 200 is being made into a Red Cross hospital and St. Luke's Hospital with its entire staff and a ward for 60 men will be at the disposal of the Red Cross.
Hitherto, the staff of the Red Cross Hospital in Avenue Haig, under the direction of Dr. New Way-ling, has been looking' after all the surgical cases. Under the new arrangements made yesterday, operations will be performed on alternate days at the Red Cross General Hospital and at St. Luke's Hospital. Dr. J. C. McCracken is in charge of the Red Cross activities at, St. Luke's Hospital.
To assist Dr. New Way-ling at the Red Cross General Hospital, two groups of foreign surgeons have volunteered their services.
Dr, James L, Maxwell and Dr. W.
W. Peter will form one group Dr. W. G. Hiltner and Dr. A. H. Swan, the other To facilitate transportation of the wounded, five motor buses have been hired from the Kung Woo Motor Transportation' Company of Chapet and the Commercial Press has lent the Red Cross one motor Dr. New Way-sun, Field Direc-for of the Chinese Red Cross, announced last night that "his organization was. prepared to take care of as many wounded soldiers as were brought into the city. Base hospitals are stationed at is operating on the other side of the line.
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