'File 8/8 Annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency' [‎66r] (131/598)

jrx gicUice at our statistical sheet will show that our clinic j thi
past year nave had almost as heavy an attendance as in I 935 which will
prooably regain for all time as the nigh mark. A daity ave^e a?tend^
air, ?L Ut ° ne ^ undred ^i^y in the men’s hospital alofe is too
nigh for even ane tnree doctors to treat adeqaately. aiid freauentLV
lTtHv"l?tTA ° £ U8 ; A mora uBe o?
o^r 9 ^t Lh X- ra y have been atepa forward towarda our goai of treatiiv
our out-patienta more aoientifioalOy. We have used quinine aolutiona
i in ttta treatment of tracnoma, leuoomaa and
..h ? itei&t ttle and believe that our reauita warrant our oontimo-
treatment aiQn6 with oop er aulphate fetd ailver nitrate in the
treatment of traonoma, auid with yellow oxide of mercur/ in the treat, «■ it
of recent tuuoo aa and interstitial icaratltla. In the' latter two eond-
itlona we ootained several remarkable results by ttie use of quinine
blnydrociUoride ointment rubbed vigourouely into the oornea and^
-■a v,+^ l * in-patient department we had a great increase in the number
‘ 0V9 r previous years. Europeans totaled 255. Seldom did we
nnve leaa tnan six patients and at times ail twelve beda were used.
In tne sens hospital our forty five beda did constant service, and
an empty bed always see aed to catch an occupant before the day ended.
W-. have a complete record of every case treated in our hosoitals
£:**** iaBt y®^ r * 3r - George Korutau , our interne, filled out
tne routine physica 1 examination and history aueets, operation records
etc. Soutine urine and stool examinations and kahn teats were done
on most patients. It ia our aim for the c ming year to have these
.AflBA^flhflMrery <dft-patxenu. me m. „o..d to r r-u our rvcoixia and prooerly
iiidex tnea so they will be available for future atudy and reference/
induatrial injuries aru a will on the Increaae. At one time we had
u.joxye iracture cases in the hospitals When a motor lorry, carryinr
coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. home from work at A1 hhobari in 3audi Arabia, turned over eight
men were' seriously Injured. They had been dressed by the company's first
aid man and transported by their high speed launen to Banrain. At another
time four coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. who had been injured in a dynamite explosion were
brought in and treated. Among our patients numbered members fopm ail
tne mam races of the world| Africans, Jews, Arabs, Persians, Afgans,
Indians, Chinese cooksaand Japanese sailors from the oil tankers,
Americans, Britisners, dollanders, and Germans. Although most of
tne iiiuropeans whom we treated in the hursing home were employees of the
Bahrain Pet. Co. yet we always nad room for other's outside the comoany.
Among our most grateful patients were officers of the Royal havy, the
3.1. Steamship c ompa ny and the Imperial Airways. Last but not least
we had two infanta bom in the Nursing Hone this year; Miohial Xoung
and Charles martin Rodstrom.
bur new X-Ray machine ia indeed a Joy. *^t is a small but efficient
machine, simple and inexpensive to operate, snook proof, and flexible.
Dr. Dame raised tne money for the machine locally before he left on
furlougn. The oil company contributed a third of the total sum which
was necessary for the purchase of the maonlne , tae erection of a three
-room building for housing it, arid cowering the coat of installing and
operating it. Shaikh Hamed headed the list of local contributers with
a generous gift, the Bahrain government also contributed as did several
other l^oal shaikhs, meronants, clerks, drillers, and artisaas. Moslems,
Jews, Hindus, and /Christians recogniaed the uaefulueas and desirability
of hatPing the machine here where it would be available for the needs of
all and showed their interest by contributing towards the X-Ray fund.