SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL MEN.
Dunedin, Yesterday. Respecting the shortage of medical men for service within the Dominion, the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister of Public Health, proposes to call a conference of representatives of the Department and the British Medical Association to meet in Wellington shortly to discuss what steps should he taken to organise the profession for the purpose of adequately supplying military and civilian needs. A Departmental report on the subject shows that there are 54(5 doctors in. the Dominion in private and institutional practice, and 237 engaged in military work, including 190 at the front. Altogether, it is reported that there are only 2(5 doctors in excess of (lie minimum number considered to he the limit of safety.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1686, 15 March 1917, Page 2
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121SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL MEN. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1686, 15 March 1917, Page 2
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