RETURNED SOLDIERS’ ASSOCIATION,
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES MEDICAL CASES.
MINISTRY ASKED TO SPEAK PLAINLY.
[l’Elt FKESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.]
WELLINGTON, Oct. 28
At the Returned Soldiers’ Conference the Medical and Pensions Committee appointed by the conference recommended that it be strongly urged that all men suffering for “T. 8.” should receive not less than six months treatment in a sanatorium.
The Committee considered the same or similar regulations should be enforced upon civilian cases of “V.D.” as upon soldier cases, and that to attain this end V.D. be made a notifiable disease. The recommendations were adopted. Regarding limbless men the Medical and Pensions Committee recommended that the Government obtain an artificial limb expert either froiii England, or America who shall be placed in charge of a Central Factory; that sub-branches of the factory should bo established in the four centres, each having on the staff an expert limb fitter, and that appliances should be on free issue, by post, to all limbless men on application to the nearest centre. ,
The recommendations were adopted. Mr King (Kawakawa) moved that the New Zealand Retui-ned Soldiers Association affirm the principle that the Government should establish homes in both the north and . South Islands for the treatment of returned soldiers suffering from mental trouble. The delegates protested against soldier patients being mixed with criminal cases in mental hospitals. I The motion was carried.
A motion was passed unanimously, expressing the opinion that the replies given by the Ministry to the deputation of Delegates on Wednesday last were not sufficiently definite, and that the Government be urged to bring down measures giving effect to the representations made at the earliest possible moment.
A resolution was adopted requesting from the Minister of Lands an explanation of his action in allocating to four returned soldiers each sections on the Hauraki Plains without having such sections balloted for. Remaining remits and notices of motion were referred to the Executive.
The proceedings then concluded,
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1919, Page 1
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