The inaugural ceremony of the Summer Diseases Hospitat of the Red Cross Society of China took place on Sunday afternoon at the Hospital, 316 Tientsin Road, a few doors away from the east entrance of Louza Police Station. A number of guests availed themselves of the opportunity of accepting the invitation issued by the members of the Hospital Comnuttee (Messrs. Yang Tcheng, former Special Envoy for Foreign Affairs, Wang Chin, a prominent merchant, and Chwang Teh-tze, managing director of the Shanghai Commercial Savings Bank) and these included Dr. H. C. Patrick, Admiral Tsiang Cheng, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy, Commander Wang Mien, r.c.N., Dr. B. Y. Wang. medical officer of the Central Committee, Chang Wei-lee, Mr. Hab Shao-fu, and Mr. Wang Tz-chin.
The hospital, which is opened under the auspices of the Red Cross Society every summer, is housed in spacious quarters, well-aired and free from noise, although it is situated in the heart of the Settlement. It is under the-charge of Dr. A.°C. Patrick, chief physician and counsellor, Dr. Y. R. Hwang, Dr. C, Y. Zee and Dr. K. Y. Wang, who ars assisted by a corps of 12 malo~nurses and four female nurses, all of whom have received excellent and thorough training for the work now before them, In a little annexe there are beds for 26 patients who are given free treatment. This, together with the ward for women and children, is primarily intended for those un able to pay even the smal] charges asked for by some other hospitals in Shanghai. The ground floor is used for offices and a second class ward.
On the second floor is the transfusion room with six beds, an operating room, a women's and children's ward (10 beds), two first class wards and two second class: wards, the latter containing six beds each, and a special women's ward. Already there are about dozen patients in the beds.
Everything is clean and kept on modern foreign lines. White quilts are provided and the blankets used are of army pattern. Instruments used in the operating and transfusion rooms are made in China. especially to the order of the Red Cross Society. The doctors, who have received foreign training, are all well-qualified men and have made a special study of summer diseases.
The hospital will be conducted, with the exception of Dr. Patrick, entirely by Chinese, who are now corning to realize more and more that they must attempt to do something for themselves. It Reproduced with permission!
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