LISTER WARD, GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—If I may say so with all respect, I think your corre- spondent lacks the information necessary to render him authoritative on the subject. The Managers of the Royal Infirmary do not intend to remove this ward except for very grave reasons. The Royal Infirmary has within the last twenty years been rebuilt. This rebuilding was started as a memorial of the long reign of her late Majesty, Queen Victoria. Part of the scheme is the erection of a thoroughly new, up-to- date dispensary (Out-door Department). The ground occu- pied by the Lister Ward is the only space within the Infirmary grounds on which the new dispensary can be built. Conse- quently, to the regret of everybody, the ward must be removed.
There is one possible alternative, and that is to buy an additional piece of ground in the immediate neighbourhood • of the Infirmary, clear it of any buildings, and erect a dis- pensary there. But the Royal Infirmary has no funds to
• make any such purchase. It has survived the present crisis only through the exertions of the present Chairman, the 'Honorary Treasurer and the Acting Treasurer, and the hearty co-operation of the subscribers of all classes. I think that it is up to the people who are anxious to retain the Lister Ward to subscribe for another site for the Out-door Department. —I am, Sir, &C., ANDREW FREELAND FERGUS, M.D., LL.D. One of the Managers.
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