Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy in New Zealand - UC Research ...

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G::mzaga and I.lother M. Agnes, nursing enthusiasts,
were sent to America to see there all m:JclePn hospitals and
appliances.
As the Sisters travelled through the United
states and Canada they visited each hospital of note, including
the famous J..Iayo Clinic, and culled from each, wiclel,
knowledge and experience.
As a Pesult of that visit there
now stands on the slopes of T;Iount Eden, a magnificent !':later
I'Hsericordiae Hospital r1ith every conceivable convenience.
This towe:cing edifice can accornmodate one hunclr>,::cl and
twenty patients and is c Olllhilete with the world's latest and
best in hos: i tal appliances as well as x-ray rooms, private
rooms a-la-Llode ancl pleasant public wards.
In these vrar>ds the
Sisters delight to lavish on the poor that loving car>e
and attention inculcated by their revered foundress.
The
hospital is well staffed with twenty-three Sisters, fiftysix
nurses and very full administrative ancl domestic staffs.
The two foundresses, !Jother r..r. Gonzaga and Eother I·,I. Agnes
are still in charge of the institution and have grateful
memories of the sustained progress ·;rhich it has made. On ( 1)
Jan. 1st, 1937 the Mater Misericordiae was officially registered
as an apprQVed, private hospital with Training
School capa.ble of training nurses.
Ever solicitous for the
happiness and '