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nista ron binada fate."o

Act as notdabonen' sake v Isinofon

„dra atrevor vyf bevolqa aya

Dear Dr. Koch,

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Hongkong, October 17th.

1909

30.48

23 NUVOH)

In reference to Miss McLeish, whó until

recently was nursing a patient in the Peak Hospital, and who as

I informed you by telephone left the hospital without giving

any indication of her leaving, either on the evening of 13th.

or early morning of 14th. instant, I think that you should know

that though patients have naturally been diffident in formulating

definite complaints against Miss McLeish, yet with two separate

patients she has failed to give satisfaction.

In one case,

I requested liss Ncheish to

pay a visit to a lady for whom she was engaged for accouchement,

and after the interview, the lady wrote to me stating that she

hoped I could arrange for her to have another nurse an after

her interview with Miss McLeish she could not entrust herself

to that nurse's care in her confinement.

Ianother case Miss McLeish was constantly,

as explained to me by the lady patient (maternity case), ex-

-pressing her dislike and disgust for nursing maternity cases,

and very considerably upset my patient who was very sensitive

about not giving any extra trouble to her nurse.

These are two out of the four cases nursed

for me personally,

In my opinion liss McLeish showed great want

of tact in her dealing with her private patients. I make no

complaint about her purely nursing duties which so far as I saw

them were carried out well.

Yours faithfully,

(Sa.) Oswald Harriott.