We consider it would be a tremendous advantage to the Council if arrangements could be made whereby local foreign girls could be adequately trained in the Councils Service or Country" Hospital and then could obtain a Nursing Diploma in the East of recognised foreign government standard. We, therefore, suggest that in ce-operation with the Country Hospital another endeavour be made to train foreign girls locally so that they may be prepared far entrance to such examination in the East as eventually may be arranged.
Concerning the present staff of trained Chinese Nurses in the Council's Service and the Service of the Country Hospital we noted that there is provision for scale increases of pay. We would like to see it made possible for trained Chinsee Nurses after adequate experience to rise to the Supervisory Nursing posts in the Chinese Isolation Hospitals and the Police Hospitals and from our interviews with the Commissioner of Public Health we are assured of h sympathetic consideration of this matter at a not far distant date. We visualize the time, therefore, when trained Chinese female nurses with experience of a Public Nursing Service shall find themselves able to rise io the higher nursing positions and this will tend to a reduction in the establishment of foreign nurses.
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