SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL MEN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 49, 15 February 1944, Page 4

SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL MEN

THE acute shortage of medical men in Whakatane, where two doctors, both in bad health, are expected to administer to the needs of 13,000 people has been the subject of critical comment for a long* period. At such times when only one doctor is left to answer for the health of so many the burden becomes utterly impossible and it is pleasing to note that the Hospital Board has been battling for many months past to obtain some relief- At the present juncture word is awaited from the Public Health Department on this vital subject, the outcome of which may yet bring the desired solution to a situation which is fast becoming a hopeless one.

Sport of the Past The attention of readers is. drawn to the article on page 3 of this issue. which sets' out many interesting incidents in the iieM of sport in the Boy of Plenty over the pa*.;t 10 years. The g'eanings are taken from Mr Fred Burt's interesting scrap boo'k.

Soldiers Knitted Articles Knitted articles going forward from the Whakatane County and Borough Patriotic Committee for use by soldiers overseas during the past year were as under: Scarves 432, mittens 223, bnlaclaves- 557, hussifs 24, sku'l-caps 7, socks 83, pullovers 14, gloves 1, bed socks 2.