NEW SANATORIUM MOVE

Chronicle (Levin), 3 September 1946, Page 2

NEW SANATORIUM MOVE

-Press Association

THE FINANCIAL ADVANTAGES

By Telegraph-

NEW PLYMOUTH, Scpt. 2. • Distinet fmancial advantagcs for thc rutopayors in the area of every hospital board concerned, will aecrue from Wollington's decision to join thc. Western Diatricts Sanatarium Comniittec, said a mcinbor of the committee, Mr. P. E. Stainton, chairman of. the Taranaki Hospital Board, when discussing thc iatest development at New Plymouth tonight. Apart from tlttit, however, there will l>c even morc important boneiits for the patients. For each of thc boards in the group, the inclusion of thc Wellington Hospital Board will I rnean u spreadiag of the burden' of costs to be met above the moneya to be provided by the .State as hospital bonelits payable through the social soeurity fund. To illustratc how worthwhile the savings will be Mr. Staiuton quoted the percontages to which the oxiginal board j members oi thc committee will be com1 ruitted in meeting e.xpenses not met bv social securitv. payments, and compared ; then with the proportiona ' ( hoy, ■ would ; have had to pay had Wellington remained outsido Ihe j>lan. The tigures : were as follow, Ihe neAv .percentages be- ' ing uiven first:

It was, however, Ihe far Teaching advantages of thc new grouping in respecl to treatment of jialients that Mr. Stainton found of greatcst importan.ee. Wilh the area and resources of the con*imittee greatly expanded, it will be justitied in searchiiig a much xvider held for the liest lalenl available for an appointment as medical superintendent oP the sanaloriuni and associated staff. Tf nei-essary the committee could go overseas for its speeialist superintendent thus importing knowledge of the verv iatest approved treatments. Furtherniore. the eominittee would be justilied in giving eonsidt'ration to sanatorium 1 plans with the object of ineluding in it an adequately eqnippod rehabilitation eentre as an adjunct to medical treatmeut.

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