Annual report : 1936 / Royal Cornwall Infirmary.

  • Royal Cornwall Infirmary.
Date:
1936
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1936 / Royal Cornwall Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In 1928 a new Nurses’ Hostel was built, which is utilized for the senior nursing staff. In 1930 an Orthopaedic Ward of 14 beds was opened, together with a Consulting Out-patient department, and was associated with Orthopaedic Clinics in various parts of Cornwall. This valuable work has rapidly increased and more beds are needed. In 1933 a new X-ray plant was installed, together with a portable set for use in the wards to save seriously injured patients the ordeal of unnecessary movement. A better mortuary chapel was arranged, and a new up-to-date laundry and boiler house built. In 1934 it was decided to elect a Pathologist and to equip a Pathological Laboratory, an innovation of great value, both for exact diagonsis and scientific treatment. In 1936 an Ear, Nose and Throat Department was opened. Valuable adjuncts to the Infirmary are the Men’s Convales¬ cent Home at Perranporth, built in 1892, and endowed by the late Mr. Passmore Edwards, and the Women’s Home, built in 1912 on land given by Mr. Enys and endowed by the late Mr. Dorrington. The Homes are usually open seven months in the year, and are generally full. The Homes are useful not only in fully restoring the patients to health, but in relieving the pressure on the beds in the Infirmary.
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