236 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



It has a superb location, the buildings and grounds 

 facing the beautiful botanical garden and the fine 

 statue of the governor whose name it commemorates. 

 The main building is a solid two-story stone building, 

 and there are a number of one-story pavilions of the 

 same material, connected by roofed cement walks with 

 the central building. The hospital has accommodations 

 for 160 patients, all natives, cared for at government 

 expense. The wards are capacious, well lighted and 

 ventilated, but the furniture is scanty and of the sim- 

 plest kind. The operating room is small and the ap- 

 pliances for asepsis of a somewhat primitive character. 

 Lieut.-Col. Pank is at the bead of the medical staff, 

 assisted by several assistant surgeons of the subordinate 

 Indian Medical Service. 



The worst feature of this hospital is a lack of an 

 adequate number of trained female nurses. Most of 

 the nursing is done by male and female ward attend- 

 ants, who receive at best only the most elementary 

 training and, consequently, can not be relied on in 

 the operating room or in the care of grave surgical 

 and medical cases. A training school for female nurses 

 is a desideratum that should be met without any further 

 loss of time, as it would be the means of greatly facili- 

 tating the work of the medical officers and would secure 

 more efficient care for the patients afflicted with grave 

 disease and for those who are subjected to operative 

 treatment. The records of the hospital speak well for 

 the surgical work of Lieut.-Col. Pank, who does most of 

 the operative ' work, which includes general surgery, 

 gynecology and ophthalmology. Considering the diffi- 

 culties he has to contend with, his results compare well 

 with those of other surgeons in India who have better 

 assistance at their disposal and whose patients are un- 

 der the care of competent trained female nurses. 



During the year 1903, 24,648 out-patients and 2,124 

 in-patients, total 26,772. were treated at the Mayo 

 Hospital. During the same year 696 major and 664 



