DENTAL CLINICS
SHORTAGE OF NURsFS. MORE TRAINEES NEEDED. WHANGAREI, July 1. Difficulties facing the Government in connection with dental clinics were referred to by the o.eting-Prime Minister (Hon. P. Fraser) when a deputation at Whangarei urged an extension of the scheme and asked for the services of another nurse in the district. Air Fraser said that they did not have a sufficient supply of nurses in the country and they could not be trained overnight. When he became Minister of Health there were 30 trainees. That was not sufficient to keep up the strength of the service and they had been endeavouring to train as many as possible. They had 51 last.
year and this year 90. They imped to train 100 nurses each year und in five or six years to provide sufficient nurses ior the work. The Government wanted to further develop the system. Better times had resulted in many of the nurses getting married, but he was not going to issue an edict to stop that.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 11
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169DENTAL CLINICS Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 11
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