Annual report : 1946 / Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases.

  • Lebanon Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders.
Date:
1946
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Credit: Annual report : 1946 / Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the case of the controls but simply that neither E.C.T. nor malarial therapy are indicated in the earlier stages. They are more helpful when signs of chronicity begin to appear. Many visitors have come to the Hospital during the year; Mrs. Lyn Harris in March, Brigadier G. S. McConkey, D.D.M.S. Palestine, in April, Mr. and Mrs. Ireland-—^the latter a daughter of Dr. Webster—and senior students from the French Protestant School in May, student nurses from the American University in June, Mr. Hourani’s visits in August, October, and November, the visit of His Excellency the Minister of the Interior also in November. In addition, the sale of patients’ handwork in November brought many people up to the Lady Colin Scott-Moncrieff Hall for Occupational Therapy. A sum of approximately 1,000 Lebanese pounds [£113] was taken at the sale. Students of psychology in the Junior College of the American University are planning a visit to the Hospital this winter. Mr. Hutchings (Steward Accountant), Mrs. Vernon (Dietician), Miss May (Occupational Therapist), Miss Peyton-Jones (Night Sister), and Dr. A. Manugian joined the staff of the Hospital in that order during the year. Miss Jane Gibb retired on April 13th after thirty-three years’ service as Matron, the occasion being marked by presentations from the junior and senior members of the staff. Miss V. E. D. Kemp succeeded Miss Gibb as Matron in April. Dr. Sherif Hamzy, junior Assistant Medical Officer, left on the arrival of Dr. A. Manugian in June. The affairs of the War Emergency Fund, of which the wife of the then British Minister here was Hon. President, were wound up towards the close of the year, and through the kind offices of Mr. John Stewart, a sum of 7,534 Lebanese pounds and 15 piastres was allocated to Asfuriyeh by Mrs. Terence Shone. Later in the year, during the sale of work held on November 23rd, Mr. Richard Belgrave, Managing Director of the Iraq Petroleum Company, Beyrouth, on behalf of his Company, presented the Hospital with a cheque for 4,425 Lebanese pounds, arranged through the kind offices of Mme. Camille Chamoun in London. Then again, recognition must be given to Mr. Hourani for bringing the difficulties of this Hospital personally before His Excellency The President of the Republic, as a result of which a very generous grant was made by the Lebanese Govern¬ ment. The hrst instalment of 40,000 Lebanese pounds has recently been received by the Hon. Secretary of the Executive Committee. Farm produce to the value of 2,938 Lebanese pounds has been supplied to the Main Kitchen during the year. The olive crop has yielded 7,170 kilos of olives and 1,293 kilos of oil, the combined market value being estimated at 3,805 Lebanese pounds (£430). Thirty-one fourth-year medical students from the American University of Beyrouth are attending the lectures and demonstrations this winter. Sixteen senior nursing students from the American Hospital begin a course of lectures and demonstrations in March next. Religious services are once again being held in the John Cory Hall, and here, too, a play was given for the patients and staff at Christmas time. When funds permit, it is hoped to commence showing films once again, and to take suitable convalescent cases out for drives. R. Stewart Miller, M.D. Asfuriyeh, January 13, 1947. ■ ‘