St. Luke's Hospital, which has been so manfully carrying on in Avenue Haig after being driven by fire and warfare out of Hongkew, has been rendering magnificent service to the sick and wounded civilians in Shanghai at a time when every mobilizable medical aid is desperately needed. It has to vacate its temporary quarters by Nov. 15. Its executive has exhausted every possibility of finding new accommodation and it therefore appeals to the public to come forward either with a definite offer or to make suggestions from which offers may be encouraged. The hospital has a trained staff of doctors, foreign and Chinese, nurses and other experienced "assistants—also the equipment to carry on the care of at least 200 in-patients. it wants quarters for 300 people, as it has to house nurses and assistants as well as patients, Surely in Shanghai to-day there are well-disposed folk with the means to set at the hospital's disposal the accommodation needed. The problem cannot be regarded as insoluble. The merits of the cause are indisputable for, apart from the Hospital's own activities, its staff are assisting in three other institutions with a total capacity of over 1,000 patients. The appeal for help in this important matter of accommodation should attract instant attention. It is unthinkable that Shanghai in this moment of extreme Crisis should have to lose such valuable ministrations.
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