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derstuod phase ol hospital activ- ity. Because ‘the primary tunctlon of a. hospital is the cure or the si-.lc and because of the fact that every department, every piece of equipine-ni_ every type 01 person- ml in the hospital is there tor the sole purpose of the betterment or the patient, it ioiiows that all the rill:-rs and regulations governing the Mrdlcal Stall in in hospital are primarily ciiructed to the care oi the patient and not for the good oi the Mc:iical stufi. Many poop: today feel and sometimes express the opinion that the hospital is the work shop or the doctor and it is provided ior his good and ll(‘ll<‘lll. In reality nothing is lur- timv irom the truth.

tilarlcexl arivances in Medical science have been made during the past Iiiiy years and made available to 111'.‘ medical students of Can-

mia through the medium or the \(‘l'_v high class Medical Schools \\ inch this country has produced.

A! the close or his technical course. rile young doctor is still a long way from his actual contact with the pullout.

PUBLI C SAFEGUARDEI)

Laws at Canada include special clauses to protect the public from exploitation of anyone attempting to treat illness without the prop- er qualifications. The young grud- -uatc must not only be registered in ths Province, where he is to pl-actics. but hs must also pass I. special set or qualifying exa.mina.- Mons and become s Licentiate in the Medical council at Canada.

In order to qualify to practice in gny hospital the medical prsct- itioner must malts an application \o that particular hospital for ac- oaptsnca on the Medical Bts.i’!. This application is screened by 3 cred- ontiols Oomsnittes at the Medical am: who look over his education- ll qualifications. his post gndusts

and rsoonunsnd to the loud not his qusliticstions are satisfactory So!’ the psrtormuics

ind.) Staff be otulnizsd, l.e.. that they luvs onicers. that they hsvs ficoill hy-laws by which they govern the proiessionhl standards fie hoqalicl snd tihsy srs rs- lo hold st lssst monthly tinutsrsviswiihs workdths nth. At such meetings the pro- onllwutotthsmonihurr . ewod. and army cuas of speciu tarest us brought to ths atten- . on at tho Medical staid. stat! embers us required to sttend least 70 par oent or tbass mm- s under the penalty at losing stem privileges. Each member of In stair must nport to the whols start the professional cars that he In siven to any one patient sud h tho event or deaths -within the hospital. sdequsto csuss must be assigned. Bpecisl requirements of the Medical By-laws demand that speciiic cases in the hospital must always have consultations before going to the operating room. Rs- quirements ior standardization 0! hospitals "also demand that 15 per cent of deaths in hospital during the year must be autopsied.

WORK REVIEWED

"M the annual meeting as me Medical stall the review or the work of the year is made. Oom- putation at the current death rate. number at surgical deaths. and the deaths in each department are reviewed. and it by any chance these are not in line with similar results obtained in other iirst-class com-

to the Board ox Governors and to the visitor from the College of surgeons. Under such strict rogu- iatians the public is protected, And when the College of surgeons gives its award 0! recognition to s hos- pital the public may be sssured that the standard of work carried on in that hospital is up to the Itsndlrd of other similar hospitals. I sversae patient who is Ad- mi ted to the hospital by his own Iunily doctor does not realize the tremendous amount 0! eiiort that has gone into that hospital to si- dord him protection and sssure him the best oi medical care. Tbs laboratory procedures thst are carried out on that patient are

cs’ of laboratories, who is upsc- au ‘trained to intsrprst such an _ . Tissues rsinoved at up- srstion

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who snsy-not be known glad pc- iisn It a put mun‘ csrosnd - at that pstlsntb iilnsss.

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that another obtained in

hospital requires cloctor‘s opinion be many specific instances. Regula- tions also demand that another comnetent surgeon be present to assist at the operation. and the anaesthetic be administered under the careful supervision or the De- Dartinent oi Anaesthesia and the director oi the department. As it is. the patient who is admitted to the hospital may have had the considered opinion 0! six or seven dcctors oi the stall’. organized and working together to provide not only an accurate diagnosis but the most modern and up-to-date treatment that is available H fit particular patient.

BOARD ADVISED

it is the duty also 0! the Medi-

cal Staff to advise the Board of Governors and the Superintendent on all matters oi’ a technical and prolessional nature pertaining to the care 0! the patient, They meet, on occasions, with the Board 0! Governors to discuss provision of new equipment, in outlining and making provisions for additions to the hospital. and in all ways to aid with their technical knowledge in the provision or the most mod- ern up-to-date hospitshosrs that can in obtained. The type or start sl outlined above is known as the Active stall of the hospital. Any doctor who lives in the area may apply ior what is known as Oourtssy privil- eges. Any doctor whose credentials indicats that his training is sat- isfactory may therefore in sp- pointed by the Board to what is known as the Courtesy amt. such an appointment entities him to pssticipstion or Iii the hospital ihciiltiea with the axcasrtlon in certain hospitals where ward scr- vics h closed to tho scan. 5 member at tho courtesy Staff is not obligated to tats. such an sctlvs psrt in the nxsnssunsnt at the hospital. nor is hs obiiud to «thud amt meotlnss sad oth- srwiss carry out ths duties at tho Activs stat! with ths exception that when its has s. can or s dssth or some other ssss at un- ususl interest he may in rsqursd to attend the stall Meeting to ix- pisin his line oi.’ tresnnent. Mom- bsss who do not resids in a Town when s. hospital is located may be givsn privileges or! Courtesy start. In such cases fliey must slwsys make pmvision that sums member at the Active start is to look sitar their patients in the event of their not being able to be present. All arch regulations are outlined once again in tho stsndsrds to!‘ ID- provsl M s homitsl. nd ths limit- ations set down in than rooms- tions us those enforced by tho ‘ " 1 management.

The Administrator or the hosp- ital sets as liaison between the Medical sun and the Board 0! Governors. it is its duty at the Administrator to appoint one or more members to the Basra. snd although this is not s general practice. in this Provincs it has been the cuuom for many years. The sdvsntsss at this system is that it is more easy to present to the Board or Governors the wishes and interpretations oi the cue to be given. when such interpretation is done by s membsr ed the mail.

In the Charlottetown Homitnl. which has hsd the spprovsl or the college of Surgeons 10: many years. this general setup ss out- lined shove has been in operation and the besutiiul building being opened today is ths result oi the harmonicviis effzrts oijhe Medical Stan and the Board of Governors and on those concerned in running the hospital. '

VOICES THANK?

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'1‘hc surroundings are cheerful and above all. for the sick. the spirit ot charity and Divine love pens- trsies every ward and room 0! the Institution; gusrantnelng rest and comfort to the psiisdst during treatment.

The Provincial command at the Canadian Legion tenders its sincerest congratulations to those responsible for the completion of this beautiful‘ addition to the city Hospital. 'l"he deepest gratitude or all Veterans will ever be yours and you mayuvest assured thst you will ever receive the praise Incl support 11' our organization.

PEDIATRICS DEPT.

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whcs. undsr Doctor Waiters, did_m.ri.hsr study In this port!

insnswPsvilicnsndthoi tionoithscemrslflu was Btrssoond floor‘ tins old buildint. Sister 1!. Patrick will be in s at this iwortssi new flsisr N 1.8.. who - - tho

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gradustc work in howiial admin- istration at St. Louis University and when the western Hospital opened she became the first Ad- ministrator or the Wutcm Kes- pitaal. sister John Baptist rejoined iihe sun of the Cihnrlottetown Hospital as night supervisor in 1948. A post which she has held ever since.

Min Mhc Kim. RN. Miss King’: name has been on the-lips of every pstient that has ever been Id- mitted to the Charlottetown Hos- pital durinc the last twenty-five years. rbr many years she was in ohsrgs oi the Obstetrical Deport-

~xnon-t. Sines the 1‘¢Ql‘l.nlR.I.'Iun

she has taken over the duties at! supervisor on the Men’: floor. Miss Kine! 101'; and icithful service Inskasheroins slthemost quali- fled floor supervisors in the Prov-

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Min Winona. Mscbonsid, !t.N., gs (rsdusto of the Chulottctovwn

capital in 1948. and has been as- sistant supervisor since her stad- uation sad is employed on the mm floor.

SMZIAL PROBLEMS

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shsii-lhsivetorendcrtocvodw-ho gave it to us."

‘node! the Catholic social Wel- fare Bureau which sicms directly irom the original Social Weliarc mpvemerst od tin hospital. is super- vised by an alert Board or Direct- ors, touriceh in mnniher who dis- penss sn annual budget of 310.0001!) Wltib two Field secrets:-la, graduates in Social service We!- isre. tram Toronto University. this Bureau handles an amazing num- ber on! welfare problems indigent to our Province. Broadly meshing Welfare problems may be summar-

ss: Funiiy Wsinrc. child Welfare, Unmsrried mothers, Num- ing service.

DU-Vinl the year 1949 the Bureau handled s case load at 330 who was in need at sax-vies dd one

o! issnily life is indicated by the thirty-one scou- stion cases with which the Bureau dealt during the put year. Alcoholism and the taming in-

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Dr. W. H. Soper,’ Dr. J. P. ‘Sweeney; C. A. Coady, Dr. Leonard Farmer, Dr. J. A. MacMlllan, Dr. J. H. Maloney, Dr. J. P. Lantz.

eventually. Juvenile delirnqtnncy are major pmblcms which bring s large number od people to the Bureau in search of slievistion at their miseries. -

Allied to family welilsre, oi course is child weliare. During fire year boamim home care was sr- rsmged for 47 dhildren.

Bearing in mind bhct the place- ment at A child in s. foster home is s grave responsibility particularly in the ease of I long psrlcdoi boarding house care or sdoption. the Bureau is keenly interested in 811 such‘ chiidnn who have not the blessing of proper ours in their own home. and therefore tries todo everything possible to assist the Provincial Department of Health and weliiare in the pincemertc of

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MEDICAL STAFF-‘Cleft to right seated, Dr. G. L. Smith, Dr. J. D. MacGuigan, Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, standing. Dr. W. L. MacDonald, Dr. Hamid Shaw,

these (Jhildren.

During the year assistance was given to iorty-three (43) unmar- ried mothers. Child placing agenc- led in all provinces are doubling their efiorts to make known md to males svallabie their services to the mother who has decided that

‘adoption is the best plan for her

child. While some

mote wegitimacy it must be borne in mind that the child ad on un- married mother is a human per- son who must be treated as having sll the rlshls 0! any other soul and whose weilsre is at stake in many cases.

The Nursing services of the Bureau is headed by n graduate nurse who also, assists at the

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When we consider that over 310 sick visits, 184 supervision calls on iniants and some 400 special trest- ments were given during the year it h quite evident this is an im- portant phue 01 the Social Welisre Work. -

From the above it may be seen that the miscmception of "grocery orders" and "relic!" that many , ople had as regards the term Social Woliars does not apply to this broad and tar-reaching work done by the Cstholic Social Wei- fare Bureau (or the alleviation oi misery and suiierlng among the less fortunate of our fellow citi- Zens.

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