OBSTETRICAL APPEAL

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1930, Page 3

OBSTETRICAL APPEAL

An appeal to the public of New Zeuland formulated by the N.Z. Obstetrical Society (N.Z. Branch M.8.A.) for a fund of £zp,oUJ as an endowment for the Obs.etrical Department of-, the Dominion Medical School (Ludcr the patronage of Her 'The Lady Alice FeiSffs'sfou;.

1— Throughout the ’'Efripife-:• iiftgc spms of money have bppn spent on the improvement of the jjlulwifery Departments of the various medical schools. ’ 2 This expenditure is«ia pktjMaJ e ,ff° r t to reduce the maternal klisii’tfi rate, the -still birth rate, and to lessen the incidence pf disabilities supe'mk/. ing iipon child birth. , , ... t '(3 —'Every ( up-to-date'' medical s’hobl I f I P. the has., it-S-.ovvn, jjjrge \ tl'm students live . of : *eir lon - .^cEdbi;'|di ; 'date has'np ; ;• 4—All-pie best medical schools have fHrofessors of Sydney |ind Melbourne Schools pay thbir Obstetrical Professors £2oop pir ampum. Sl'or the last 2 Q years 4 ' New 2^lan.d-»|as been paying its... >per?{annuni and tical ws_iXh'j^ti'ks. to private endowments' the. departments of.-surgery Giiie 'iii ; iste New -'Zealand '''Med.ical School have been brought thoroughly/ If Up-do-d ate.. Improvements have aisd merits of*- Anatomy, ' Bacteriology” and Pathology. For lack of funds there hae beerK no capital improvement in the Midwifery Department for Hie lasf 20 years.;- $ ' •3-—ln after....the ■ u yisit of- the.. London; jpecialist, Bonney, to this ljj|miinion, Government g.anted the S|pf|n of £SOO per annum io enable a Mlight improvement to he effected,|p the salaries of the teachers of 'midwijth.ry and gynaecology. \ —Ip yjidgust, 1929, the Government PPPP.PP they would grant tiie sum P,f ‘^6o, tor the erection of an up-? te-date midwifery hospital in connect tioii w§i tha Dominion Mediwfj School. fphis grant will not provide tiling for teaching salaries, and sm.il a will be useless without a good teacher is in 42 fey 4ply the 'P’tago'PniVefsTty *oouuj/- cil will hpj forced Mr_a<lyertise fpp aynevy r Prpfosso|£of Obstetrics. fenless'an endowmenfe|fund is secured un4ntivhile, they wiltffee compelled to advertise the post at -te'isalary-dhly.' a ; ytßlrd ■dfiitJiaS paid in AistS3si9’ for similat.. respon.sibilities. ■ 9—There are many expenses inyruilning such a department, apart' from the Professors salary, and if New Zealand is not to lag behind tiie rest of the Empire in the teaching of Obstetrics, an Endowment Fund of £25,- / 000 for the Obstetrical Department will V have to he. -found l ; - - This,', plus .subsidy* will allow of £2OOO -to the:-Pro'r fessor and some £SOO for v junio¥Ji assistants.

10—In 1928, Sir James Parr said that: ‘‘The Public of New Zealand had to date subscribed £500,000 to the work of' the I*l uihkei 1 Society, and the GoVekfitaent His subsidised this' io the aWunt of' -€‘23ojooo’’ : Ths Obstetrical Society of New Zealand now asks for an Endowment of £25,000 to put the Midwifes}’ Department pf the Dominion Medical School upon a sound and up-to-date footing. This call will l>e a non-recurring pne, and we appeal to the public who have so generously supported all efforts for the tyelfarb- of infants, to show an equal generosity to of a department whose work it is to safeguard the life of mother and infant during pregnancy and child birth.