Hospital "having suggested to the [Commissioner of Public Health, SMC. that the Council should assume the work and responsibility fof establishing and maintaining of blood donors for the conveni-fence of surgeons in all the hospitals in Shanghai who wish to give blood transfusions, the proposal' was considered by the Health Committee, Tt transpired that the requisite work could not be undertaken without material additions to the staff of the Public "Health Depart= ment. Financial and technical reasons were also. advanced for refusing the responsibility for such w service. The Committee,, therefore, recommended that the Council should not accede to the request, but that if such a service as that proposed were undertaken by any approved outside Jorganization the Council should authorize the Pathological Laboratory to perform the necessary Wasser~ mana and Kahn tests at reduced fees, The Council last Wednesday adopt this recommendation.
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