Letter to the general court of contributors of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; containing observations on the minutes of evidence, and on the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the state of that house / By a contributor.

Date:
1818
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Credit: Letter to the general court of contributors of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; containing observations on the minutes of evidence, and on the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the state of that house / By a contributor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (* been expected, the Clerks into their presence, and proceeding with them directly to inspect the wards of the Infirmary, they appoint a Commit¬ tee, consisting of three civil Managers, to en¬ quire, “ at their first convenience,” into, and to report upon the statement of the Clerks. This Committee show how they were qualified for the performance of such a task, by employing three months in the investigation of a matter which those who know any thing of hospital duties, know well ought to have been gone through in as many hours. The Managers seem to have ta¬ ken no pains to ascertain, which they might ea¬ sily have done, what changes had taken place in the interval between the complaints being made by the Clerks, and the commencement of their investigation; and who can be so simple as to believe that the negligences and defects which had been complained of would be permit¬ ted to exist for an hour after it was known that they were to be enquired into ? and who but the Committee of the Managers, in conducting an in¬ vestigation like that which they had undertaken, would have thought of passing over the Medical Officers of the Infirmary, and of applying for in¬ formation to the Matron and Nurses, respecting