Essential Intensive Care

The backbone of in-patient care is the hospital ward, and I believe that this will remain so in the future. Shortcomings in the staffing, organization and layout of the conventional ward have been recog­ nized for a long time, but there have been few changes and not all these have benefited the patient. The evolution of specialized treat­ ment centres for poliomyelitis, thoracic surgery, burns and...