N.Z. HOSPITALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9853, 5 November 1924, Page 3

N.Z. HOSPITALS

WILL COAIPARE FAVORABLY WITH OTHER COUNTRIES DR. BEEC’S OPINION. SEGG EST! ONS FOR lAIPRO VEAIEXT. WELLINGTON. Nov. 4. Dr. R. Campbell Begg, secretary oi tiie X.Z. branch or the British Ai'edi-t-al Association, lias written to Sir Maui Pomare, Minister of Health, regretting that his evidence at Palmerston North should have beep construed as a complaint against u:e Health Department. What he said was that in many cases, according to ■ the highest standard of modern re- j ([uiremeuts. tho hospitals are in- | efficient. That was what he believed j to he the truth, but at the same time it was far from liis mind to decry our hospitals in comparison with those of oilier countries, with which ho thought they would compare lavor- , ably. i Dr. Pegg then proc-ecus to set out liis reasons at length, and elaborates arrangements tor the improvement oi .

hospitals general!v. The platforms of the‘ 8.A1.A. for any .scheme arc as follows: li; Absence of any possibility oi political control, local or genera!. \'l) A reduction of expenditure to au amount that will not impose an excessive burden on the State. (‘D The availability of hospitals for all, under conditions that will safeguard the taxpayer and the profession. <i) An organisation that will utilise' all the best medical and surgical talent in the country and give facilities for the advance of medical

science. (".) That all this talent should not l>e used only for the treatment, of individuals but for tho progressive improvement of hospitals.— FA.