MILITARY MEDICAL BOARD
DISCHAHGFd) SOT .PIERS' GIUBVANCES. I!y Tclceraph-Prps? Association. Dunedin, November I. The treatment of soldiers by the Travelling Medical Hoard was discu-sed at a meeting of the Tieturned Soldiers' Association last nijrhf. Stvonx di.»satisfactinn was expressed by (lie chairman (Dr. Harrison), who said the Medical Hoard was |?ivinir men I heir discharges wholesale. When men in uniform who were patients or out-patients at a hospitnl wore given discharges their pay ceased, and thev (jot. a pension or othenvi.se. The pension was not nearly as much its a man would fjet if he was still ondi-charsiod. Anyone injured at the war or incapacitated through sickness should be looked after until the hospital treatment co-a'cd and get the same pay as the able-bodied roldicr. That was only riu'lit and just. The board, however, was discharging men still under medical treatment. After discussion, in which the experiences of ihrec. discharged men were given, it was derided that: a- public meetnuj Khonld be called lo ventilate the grievances nf thejnen discharged by tho truvell-ing medicc.l boards.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 35, 5 November 1919, Page 6
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174MILITARY MEDICAL BOARD Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 35, 5 November 1919, Page 6
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