10 MARCH 1961, Page 16

IN HOSPITAL WITH MY SON Sm.—Isabel Quigly seems to assume

that the power to admit the mother lies entirely with the tattleaxe,' nurse or sister. In hospital (in London) where I trained, the sister and matron were anxious to extend visiting but the hospital committee, especially various consultant physicians and surgeons on it, would not allow this. It is the duty of more parents to sec the physician or surgeon-in-charge when the conditions are bad, as they so often are, and to point out politely but firmly what is wrong This I think takes great persistence and courage but is important.—Yours faithfully,

5 Nasmith Close, Gosport