Annual report on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma.

  • Burma.
Date:
[1935]
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Credit: Annual report on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These figures afford little scope for comment since the total “ Receipts ” and “ Expenditure ” approximate those for 1934. It is noteworthy, however, that there was an increase of Rs. 40,000 approximately under “ Fees and Contributions from patients’’ presumably due to the provision of more paying beds in hospitals for those who can afford to pay. 18. Conclusion.—The. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma, is severely handicapped by having no technical assistant to help him in the routine work of the office. If one was provided he would be able to get about more freely and gain first-hand knowledge of the problem of the Medical Department in the mofussil to enable him to advise Government fully and correctly in all matters referred to him. There are 2 Headquarter stations and many smaller stations in the Province which have not been visited by the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals for many years because it takes a long time to get to them and he can not be away from Headquarters for a long period. This would not occur if he had a technical assistant of the requisite seniority to assist him. The communications in Burma are not well developed in some directions, steamers ply over a week or over a fortnight, in some places the only means of communication is after a long rail and river journey hundreds of miles by pony and mules. All this entails time and absence from Headquarters for the period during which the work of the office is in the hands of a non-technical man. The post of Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma, was held by Colonel C. A. Gill, I.M.S., from 1st January to 30th March, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Findlay, I.M.S. (temporarily) from 31st March to 7th April and by me from the 8th April 1935 till the end of the year. In conclusion I desire to thank the Medical Officers and staff of the various hospitals and dispensaries throughout the province for the continued loyalty and devotion to duty without which the maintenance of such a high standard of medical relief would not have been possible especially when working with restricted finances. My thanks are also due to my office staff who have worked hard and given me great assistance in the medical administration of the province. N. S. Sodhi, Colonel, I.M.S., Rangoon, 10th July 1936. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma