The great influx of patients in consequence of the civil war is the Sutstanding feature in reports from Western China. When fighting raged round. Chengtu the men's hospital the Union Christian University, designed for 115 patients, found itsel¢ fealled upon to" receive 700._ Lechler "was invited by the feld-to. go. to Hanchow to cooperate with the Chinese doctors in treating "the wounded, and Mrs. Donnithorne supervised the nursing. At both centres officers and men. ladly turned to the New Testament and some openly confessed a new found faith in Christ. The medical school at Chengtu has been able to Supply a Chinese. graduate to the EMS. hospital at "Yunnan, where there are unbounded opportunities for. extension. The fame. of the. hospital is spreading widely in the province, and. the problem of adequate stating is acute.
Fukien none of the four EMS. hospitals outside Pooehow has had European doctor recently—a position which is due to shortage of recruits and. is "hastening the policy of de-elution "unduly. Hangchow Hospi-{al occupies a strategic position with openings for very varied fe"handieapped by" unsuit ings. Chinese encouragements. doubtedly room the well-equipped mission hospital Chiva, Dr Charlotte Bacon urges the great value. of Sister Santler and a trained' Chinese ursa treated some 12,000 out-patients last year. It has been decided with ai regret, since retrenchment is Inevitable, to close the hospital Ninepo, where there is other ae-commodation for patients.
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