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at one and the same time as long as Chinese women continue to
object to nurse male patients.
5.
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It is in these circumstances necessary to devise some other means to economise in the expenditure on Nursing
Staff of the Hospitals and I am considering the question of
training Chinese dressers, who may be able to do much of the
work especially in native male wards at present allotted to
European Sisters.
6.
This innovation will, however, take time to
inaugurate and in the meantime I have no alternative but to ask
your sanction to increase the staff of sisters as proposed as
soon as possible; and in anticipation of your approval I have
already engaged one trained European Nurse locally for three
months to do duty solely in the Maternity Hospital. A great
part of the extra cost this year will be covered by lapsing
salaries in the department. I would also ask your approval of
the increased salaries for Probationers as from the date of your
approval of the proposal.
7.
I would mention that the question of increasing
the European Nursing Staff was brought forward by un-official
members at the time the Estimates for this year were under con-
sideration and that recently questions thereon have been asked
in Legislative Council.
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