DIAGONISING T.B.
A MOBILE UNIT TARANAKI SCHEME "This is an augury for a new and improved system of control that may set an example for New Zealand," said Dr M. H. Watt, Direc-tor-General of Health, when a conference of representatives of hospital boards of Taranaki at Stratford approved of the principle of a mobile unit for X-ray diagnosis of tuberculosis. A sub-committee was appointed to formulate a detailed scheme for the establishment and running of such a unit and the subsequent treatment of patients. The committee will also confer with the Maori Trust Board in view of a Maori proposal to contribute towards the cost of the unit and the Fact that there is greater incidence of the disease among Maoris than Europeans. The idea of the mobile unit is that it should be equipped with the latest development in X-ray photography and a miniature plant that makes mass examinations possible ftt a i*asonable price. Being mobile it may be taken to people's homes, enabling X-ray examinations to be made under conditions more acceptnble to Maoris in view of the reluctance on the part of some of them to go to hospitals for examination.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 154, 12 September 1941, Page 2
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194DIAGONISING T.B. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 154, 12 September 1941, Page 2
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