N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2495, 23 June 1915, Page 8

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

A DIVISION OF LABOUR CARE OF SICK & WOUNDED 1 DR. YALINTINE TAKES CONTROL '•'Wo have made some changes regarding the Army Medical Service," said tho Defence Minister in reply to an inquiry oil the subject yesterday. "Dr. Valintmo, Inspector-General of Hospitals, who was formerly a military officer, has been brought back into tho service. Wo require" his help at tho present time becauso wo want to avoid any conflict between the Public Health Department and the military. Ho has been given _ tho title, which we have created, of Director of Military Hospitals. He will take charge of all sick and wounded mej at Trentham, in hosP l ,;'/ 5 * auy.wbcro elso in New ZeaX P v,r S r ® s P°, nslb| e the MiuSf fn h U ° Health Wr- Rhodes), • " S P "T 30 ' ivili act as DewnnnHof 115 r Sick an-i Tb o hnnl", retUrn C mK ftom th ® frol)t 1 ii, T? over from t h 6 troopships Ws st a tf' reC lv r °J MiHta 7 Kos and nis staff. \\o have made this clear-rufc -V? future between tho milits-rv an. thorities tho Public Health Department, the hospitals, or anybody al^. Colonel Purdy as Director of Medical Service, will have to deal with ths fitting up of ships, and the enlistment of recruits tor our expeditionary force As to tha appouitmont of officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps for service abroad, Colonel Purdy and Dr. Valintine -will work together. This is necessary hecause Dr. Valintine, as head of the Do partment of Public Health, is interested m the distribution of medical men throughout New Zealand. We aro sending away a largo number of doctors, and it is Dr. Valintine's business to sea I that no part 'of New Zealand is left without the services of a medical man. Colonel Purdy and Dr. Valintine will consult as to whether any doctor applying should bo allowed to join the New Zealand Medical Corps for 6ervica abroad. When a man Las joined. Colonel Purdy will say when he shall go away."

Mr. Allen stated also that he did not know at which port the Willochra, with wounded and sick men on beard, would arrive in New Zealand. He believed, however, that Mr. Rhodes and . Dr. Valintine had made ample provision for tho accommodation of the wounded when they arrived. A hospital train would be provided if necessary to distribute tbe men among different hos* pitals. He was sure that all sick ar.<i I wounded men would be fully provided for in future, and that the new arraago' ments would work very satisfactorily.