Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April, 6, 1939.
Medical Flying Squad For Mothers
FROM now onwards, at any hour of the day or night, an am
bulance will bring to any London mother's door, within a few minutes, a medical unit, consisting of a doctor, midwife and equipment,
This is one result of the L.C.C.'s emergency obstetric service, the so-called "maternity flying squad," which came into operation recently.
London has been divided into four areas for the service, with a rota of threċ hospitals in each.
The service will cover four-fifths| of London, the remaining fifth being already equipped with the service by private arrangements with University College Hospital and Barts.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
A special arrangement has been
made for blood transfualozi,
When the call cames for the ser- vier, a message will go to the nearest
of four centres where donors' blood
has been stored in refrigerators by
a new metlied.
Blood will be immediately dle patched by taxi or ambulance to the mother's home, sterilised and ready for administration without delay.
"The Dying squad will have a limited use, being confined to grave cases unsuited for immediate transfer to hospital," sald the senior medical oficer in charge of the service.
"It completes London's maternity service, which is now the finest of any large city in the world."
AMBULANCE CARD
Royal Visit Gets
:
U.S. 'Het-up'
AMERICA is so exelted. They're all het up 'about the King's visit and can't talk of anything else."
That is what Claire Luce, famous American screen and stage star, backt in London after a four months' tour of the United States, said recently.
about what they should wear for the "They pestered me with questions
have to be observed, and all that, King and Queen, what formalities As if I could advise them.
It
"The King and Queen are going to have a wonderful reception. was only when I returned to Eng- Jand that I heard talk of America being critical of the advisability of the visit.
Every woman who books a bed in elsm in any quarter in America. "There was not a word of eriti- any maternity hospital ward in LonAlt the big political people I met at don is now hunded an ambulance card by which she may "put herself parties and elsewhere were wildly in hospital" at any moment.
enthusiastic.
Four telephone numbers are print-] ed on the card. Through one of
No
these she enn stimunan an ambulance to her door in ten minutes. charge is made for its use.
"American feeling towards ́Eng- land and France was never more sympathetic."
Mias Luce is glad to be in London
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Out of 100,000 women who have again. had these cards, only one has died) of hemorrhage before the baby's] birth.
AUSTRALIA'S
“VITAL” STATISTICS
In Australia to-day One in six has a radio;
Canberra.
seem more prosperous. than In New York although they have bucked up there tremendously! in the past year," she said.
"Roosevelt is still the strong mani of America. I think he will have
|to run for President for the third time. Americans will refuse to let
him retire."
Miss Luce will probably do a play here. "Negotiations are on at the mement," she said, "so I cannot re- ven the details."
One in eight has a car;
One in lent has a telephone.
This information is contained in
Men."
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