Annual report for year ending May, 1903 / Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers, Maryhill.

  • Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:
1903
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Credit: Annual report for year ending May, 1903 / Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers, Maryhill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hospital, founded by H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle. The committee gratefully record the great assistance thus obtained. It may be interesting to note the different branches of the ser- vice from which patients were received. One was from the Cavalry; one from the Royal Horse Artillery; one from the Royal Army Medical Corp; six from the Royal Scots Fusiliers; six from the Highland Light Infantry; four from the Gordon Highlanders; and one each from the Argyll and Sutherland, and Cameron Highlanders. The hospital was first founded upon the plea that there was no suitable place to receive such men, and the question as to whether the hospital should be continued or not has been carefully con- sidered by the committee. In view of the fact that the authorities as yet have not provided means for them ; that institutions for such affections as consumption are being founded which may be available in future; and, lastly, that Lady Campbell has kindly consented to place the hospital for some time longer at the dis- posal of the committee, it has been decided to carry on the work meantime in the hope that some permanent scheme may in the future be suggested and carried into effect. The members of the committee desire gratefully to acknowledge the generous help afforded financially by the subscribers; also Lady Campbell’s great and material help, and the valuable atten- dance of the honorary physician, Dr. Kennedy, whose work, aided by the nursing staff, proved of the greatest service to the patients admitted to the hospital during the year. The work was also greatly enhanced by many willing helpers in other ways. Much good was done by the members of the ladies’ committee, whose kind interest and sympathetic visits were greatly appreciated by the patients. Others not directly appealed to, took a sincere and friendly interest in the hospital, and H.R.H. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein graciously consented to become patron to it. The committee, in view of the decision to carry on the work, now appeal for the requisite funds, and it is estimated that about ^500 will be needed to carry on the hospital for another year, or longer still, if the funds permit of it. This sum does not include