Early in the year a Committee was appointed, composed of representatives of the Country and General Hospitals and of the Municipal Council, to consider and report to the Health Committee on approved by the Council on July 28. Tt set forth, with regard to the question of closer ce-ordination between the two hospitals that as they are so far apart and serve different sections of the community, no more useful ce-ordination could be arranged at the present time than has already been effected, The Committee, however, recommended an arrangement whereby the Boards of Governors of the two hospitals should hold joint meetings twice a year to consider the possibility of further ce-ordination, With regard to the question of rebuilding the East Wing of the General Hospital, the Committee recorded the opinion that it was not essential at the present time to rebuild the General Hospital or amy part of it. It receKmended, however, that certain repairs be proceeded with forthwith and that a modern sanitary system be installed in the Fsst Wing when the repairs were being carried out. The report of the Committee, and a rider by one of its members, was published in the Municipal Gazette" of August 6.
The rider (submitted by Mr. John McNeill) referred to the Sub-Committee's findings on question (a) of the terms of reference and was to the effect that the attitude of the Boards of Governors of the two hospitals had revealed a disinclination to consider the possibilities of further ce-ordination. The writer, therefore, was driven to the conclusion that, so long as this attitude was maintained, any discussion of the question would be merely academic unless the Council was prepared to assume a greater measure of control over the two hospitals. Further, as it was clear the rebuilding of the East Wing of the General Hospital was likely to require urgent consideration within the next few years and would, if carried out, involve considerable expense, Mr. McNeill had formed the opinion and recommended that the question of the Council's relations with the two hospitals was one which should be reviewed in the intervening period.
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