For the first time in 52 years, the Margaret Williamson Hospital has had to move from its buildings just outside the old West Gate, Nantao. In the wars and revolutions of the past, it had stuck to its site, but soon after the opening of the present hostilities, it was found impossible to carry on at the West Gate, and the hospital moved to temporary premises at 2 Tifeng Road, where à nucleus of the staff has opened an emergency maternity division, This wes made possible with the partial support of the Rotary Club, the AK.O. Sorority, and a number of friends, and approval was readily granted by the Chinese Medical Association and the S.M.C. A school building was lent for the purpose by Miss Nyi Vong Me.
"During the six weeks ending October 1," Dr. Josephine Lawney, dean of the hospital, told the "North-China Daily News" yesterday, "about a hundred mothers and babies were cared for, thus relieving the refugee camps of a very difficult situation and giving expert care to mothers and babies who were the victims of these terrible times. The stories some of these mothers had to tell were truly heartbreaking.
One woman had come from Woosung. Her hut was burned to the ground soon after the trouble started, and for over a week she and her family lived in the fields, lying on the ground when the fighting was at its worst and hunting around for food during the lulls.—Finally they got to the sanctuary of the Settlement, the mother being completely exhausted by this time. They were sent to a refugee camp, but the next day she was sent to the hospital's present emergency maternity divi-Sion; a baby boy was born a few hours later.
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