TUBERCULAR SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 231, 24 June 1920, Page 5

TUBERCULAR SOLDIERS

REPATRIATION AND PENSIONS. j . By Telegraph—Press Association. .i Christchurch, June 23.. \ . The men in tho Cashmere ..-"Military . Sanatorium havo»isßue<L a circular- to ■ members of Parliament containing a i summaiy of the aims of tubercular sol- j diers relating to the question of repatriation and pensions, with a, view to ...; having.legislation passed in the way of ; j a private member's Bill. Given suit-able-conditions and favourable circumstances for a few years tho ,T;B. soldier, it is said, will become a competent citizen contented* in himself and | an asset to the country. Neglect new will render him pitiable in his physical condition, a financial burden, to t the \ State and a. menace to the community . i as a sourco of infection. ''At'present,'" '; the treatment in sanatoria is all that ■• could bo desired. • In the past, however, after discharge from • eunatoriii ' ; j many cases_ of deplorable neglect have- j occurred with dire and in somo cases ■; almost fatal results. All these _ cases necessitate read-mission to sanatoria for •' treatment for a further prolonged term, j being at the same time in a more ad- ''■ \ vanced slage of the disease, and the ':. _ = numbers of these roadmissions is 'truly ' alarming as thev arc-'for the. most part \ directly attributable to 'premature 're- . > duotion of pension an 4 tbe -taking up of .unsuitable occupations. :; The nim j of the-.men is to make the recurrence j of these conditions impossible. ' |