Letters to the Editor

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 7

Letters to the Editor

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SERVICES RENDERED.

Dr.. Berry's Services ' (To tl^e Editor.), Sirfl-— Snroly Mr. Lassen's reqnest for Dr, Berry 's resxgnation, is not justified. B'eeauee a. mehiber refuges to do as he iS 'tolci, must he, to put .it piainly, be given "thle -s'ack"2 lt' is clear that Mr.-'Lassbn dofis hOt realise th6 worth of 'Dr. Berry* as a' shrgedn,' honorary to the • hospital1' and • also honorary in private 1 praetiee> - to- many • hundreds pf poor -people m this district. Dr; Berry may r&luse to give evidence, but- nevei hts mecbf.'.al gervicas to rich or poor any bour of ihe day or night, in or -out of the Napier lictpital,. and X for jne am j'uliy cun.yinced that- he, is nurepJader • able. But can tlis ,be said of Mr. Lassen. Maybe ' the ixext ,electwn will 'ahswer this, but no election, cap. give as +ho untiruig ■•services of Dr, Berry.— . Yours. etc„

Hastings, Feb. 1% .

(fo the Editor.) " Sir,— I sincereiy hope the puMie of Hawke's' Bay district, especially, Jiast- ! ings and Napier residents, will not let the m.atter of , Dr. J. Allap. Berry's resignatioa drpp, _ and let such an able surgeon hand iii his resignatiou. He has been at'the beck and call of the rieedy for the past ten' or twelvq y'ears, and; I' canno't imagihe the chairnlan" (Mr. Las'sen) wantiiig' to dispense wit-h'Dr.' Berry 's services.' Where is he to get- ahother honorary surgeon to take • Dr. • B erry 's place ' in sn'cli an intitution as -Napier Hospital? Now, sir, I think - the public should "get up- in arms--at Mr.- Lassem-'s attitude, as he has cnly been .cbairman • for quite a short time and perbaps bas not yet found out the.value of Dr. Berry's services to the board and the public generally. . . - • • ' In conelusipn, I.hope the public genI erally wi)l nol let this vitai matter Flrnn — Toufs. etc.,

Clifton, I'eb. 19. , - • ' .i '