Locking now at the Economy Committee's recommendation close the Victoria Nursing Home, and the effect of this upon the the question of hospital provision in Shanghai, it may be said that no consideration can have been given by the Committee to the faulty structural condition of the old block of the General Hospital, which is not likely to be regarded as efficient for the purpose of treating the sick much longer, whereas the V.N.H. Jubilee Memorial has been reported as fit to function for another 20 years.
The Economy Committee's recommendation to close the V. N. Lil has been made without any real; regard to the convenience or necessities of the inhabitants of the} Northern and Eastern districts, Any interference with the present site of the Maternity Hospital would mean that the easy accessibility which it provides to all classes, particularly of the poorer nts. in these populous would be entirely lost to the cit To crowd all maternity cases into the Country " Hospital as the! Economy Committee suggests, is mistake and undesirable." The Country Hospital was designed up-to-date Nursing Home and cannot be used for its proper purpose if maternity cases continue to overflow as they do at present into accommodation meant for ordinary, medical and surgical juxtaposition is entirely factory and dangerous. A maternity 1 should be self-contained, and not form a large part of an ordinary hospital.
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