Galway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes 1892-1894
Includes index to main items discussed: Also includes:-
‘A letter was read from the Local Government Board, dated 15th August, transmitting a list of the Members elected to the Board of Management of the Galway Hospital and intimating that the election of a Second representative from Clifden Union was yet to take place, the election already held being irregular’
The list referred to was read, when the Registrar noticed that there was no representative at the Meeting today of Members from the following Unions:-….’ (p3).
‘Two clinical lectures weekly shall be delivered by Medical staff in rotation at 10 o’clock am, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Clinical Instruction at bedside from 10 to 11.30 am on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Operations at 10 o’clock am on Saturday’ (p9).
‘A letter was received from the Registrar of the Queen’s College, Galway, stating that the Council of the college have no funds at their disposal which can be applied in making improvements as suggested by the Board of Management…but that the Professor’s of the Faculty of Medicine have been asked to report whether there are any educational requirements connected with the teaching of students at the Hospital to which College funds might properly be applied.’ (p23)
‘The Chairman, Mayor Lynch said he was happy to inform the Board that a sum of £100 was in his hands as a balance of the Dunkellin Fund, and that money would be given over for the fitting up of 2 Wards, one male, and one female, comprising 8 beds, for the use of respectable paying patients. He suggested that these wards should be termed the “Dunkellin Wards”..’ (p27)
‘A letter was read from Major Lynch enclosing a list of charges for pay-patients in other Hospitals viz:-
Weekly charge for paying patients at:-
Barrington Hospital Limerick £1.1.0
Longford Co. Infirmary £1.1.0
Clare Co. Infirmary Private Patient £2.2.0
Clare Co Infirmary Paying ward £0.14.0. ….’ (p40)
‘Letter….referring to a report from the Medical Staff from which it appears that the council of the Queen’s College propose to give a grant of £100 for certain improvements in the Hospital including a covered way from the late surgeon’s resident to the Hospital, and stating they would raise no objection to these improvements but desire that before any structural alteration is made in the buildings it will be necessary for the Local Government Board to approve of the Plans’ (p48).
‘A tender was read from Mr Peter McDonald to erect a water closet at the Gate House with all necessary pipes for the sum of £5.18.0’ which was accepted subject to the satisfaction of the Medical Staff’ (p66).
Rev. Dooley, R.C. Chaplain ‘complained that persons establishing wards had a special privilege of visiting such wards and refusing admission to patients of a different denomination. And that the Sisters of Mercy should be allowed to visit the Hospital and have the same privileges’ (4 November 1893).