The Archive · 1937

Lester Hospital

More than 400 people we carried into the Chinese Lester Hospital after the air raids, By pin, b tween forty sand fifty of these had died. Besides the regular staff of the hospital, many other worked voluntarily and in twenty were tending the ceaselessly last night at that Four operating. theatres were doctors all about wounded hospital in Cull swing.

Of the 400 or more who entered the Lester Hospital, about ten were foreigner: and most of these were Russians according to a statement by Dr. intendent of H. Patterson, super-the hospital. He said that these cases exe not very Serious and that after treating the injuries he sent them to the Country Hospit where foreign cases were all sent A family of five Japanese walked into Lester Hospital, each member having minor injuries. Atter treatment, the family was sent oto Hongkew under oscer A special request was made Dr. Patterson that all people who could send clean linen and bandages or gauze or any other kind of clean cloth to the hospital where a gre deal is needed.

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