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THE HOSPITALS.
BIG IMPROVEMENT TO BE
MADE.
An outline of what the Government are
doing in the matter of improving hospital
accommodation in the metropoltian area
was given by the Chief Secretary (Hon. J.
<?. Bicel at the ar.nual meet;ng of the
Home for Incurabios at KullartrtQ *>T\
Thursday. He said rtiat 'ast session Par
liament acreed to the p-eatest programme
?if charilaU'e work any Govtrcmeiit hail
L>r.>agut before Parliament. In regard ifl
the mcr.taj home. I'a.riiament had 9&oc
' Untied the preliminary work t&at woulii
] intimately resolve itself into one of the
finest mental hospitals in the Common
wealth, rortion ol the -work woald pro
oped immediately. In ten years it -wonM
absorb £10,000.000. It was the >?st warl;
that any Government couM put their baud
to. Plans had been drawn Tor the pre
liminary work ol making tie Adelaide Hos
pital one of the best in Australia. A!- j
though the Government were crrt-cised in
regard to that hospital tbey were doing
better work at less expense than the Mel
bourne Hospital. The Government wonM
spend £300,000 on the Adelaide Hospital.
With respect to the Consumptive Home,
which he had been endeavoring to set re
rowed for the last 15 rears, last session
Parliamentary authority was ,riven for the
establishment of an op-?o-date home- Plans
were being drawn, and the new home
would be placed on the South-road, where
the Government hail 400 a£n>s of land.
mostly unused. The Infectious Diseases
Hospital the Gmrerament were Gain?, to
put up at Enfie'.d would cost £100,009, and
the Jocal garemins bodies would control
it and carry on the work. He was cure
that as that programme had had the ap
proval of ParHament so it wouM have the
approval of the people of the State.
An Infirmary Wanted.
Twelve months azo the Chief Secretary,
in eo?gratadatittr the committee of tne
iKHne on tfie efficient and economical man-
Eer in which the institution was conducted,
mentioned the need of the State for an
urfinnarv and suggested that the committee
should undertake that wort. Mr. Bice
asain pressed his suggestion Yesterday, anl
appealed to the committee to esiab ish the I
mannary. He pointed out, as an ar^u
mfint in favor of such an institution be nri
contro"d?i by thai committee, tbe fact jhat
they sere able to maintain patients at a
cost of 35.' per head. asa. ivst tlie coa at
tie Adelaide Hospital of £3 10/. "Dy^re!
w?re many patients ?? the Adelaide HoS'i
Pita] who reaily needed infirmary treil- ?
meat, who were receiving the henefit of
boypital treaetment. The Home for Incur
a!>lef -waa the best im=ti*at on to Ottderfcike
£he work. He had been told by the J'rc
naer ?to say that tie Government would
treat dhem SbsraJlr in the matter of
finances if they woold <*=tabJish en in
firniarr-
Tbe C&ainnan—We are full to over
crowding now.
Mr. B"?e—I xaot yon to take hold of!
this qjtrestion. j
The Chairman—l most; hat* it in con
crete form.
3&r. Bice^—lf eomedxsaK is done it can
easTlv he not into concrete form.
The Chairman said he iroaVl (ike to 'jd>
the Ciaef Seoretarr out of his diSicaix.erS
if be conld.
Alterations to the AdSazde Hofpztd.
Tenders are bein; caiied for the sr^ction
of a ces- boSer-fconse at the Adeiude Hos
pital, which w3! later comprise kit,;hen?u j
sundries, and storage rooms, and thi.-= j
Mock will form the nocJeus of very ex-j
t'iisiv* alterations that have been|
planned. Ifost. caieful considerati.-.n has
dpcd act-orded to the requiremec*.-: of tiio
institution not only for tj?e preseat but
for the fntor<> for some considerable trm<"
to come. The present boiler house and
kitchens have been in use for many years
and have been added to from time if* time,
but as the bmldmjr of a new and tho
roughly up-to-date hospital was decided
upon over a year ago this new structure
xrill mark the- nVst substantial inormnetit
vi that direction.
A committee of medical and 'ay srentle
i men was appointed to decide tbe detail.
workin? in conjunction with the board,
to advise the Architect-in-Chief in tlic
preparation of the plans, and the w.We
scheme when comnlete will enable the
liospital to cope with tie ever-incre'aranj; i
demands made upon its ?space and its re
sources, with the growing needs of the:
State. j
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