MEDICAL GRADUATES
SUFFICIENT NUMBER BEING TRAINED
OTAGO FACILITIES ADEQUATE
‘‘The Department of Health holds the opinion that at the present time the Medical School in Dunedin is training sufficient graduates to meet the immediate medical requirements of the Dominion.” This reply was given by the Minister of Health (Mr H. T. Armstrong) in the House of Representatives to-day to a question asked by Mr A. G. Osborne (Govt.. Onehunga). Mr Osborne asked whether the Minister’s attention had been drawn to the fact that the Otago Univesity Council had decided to restrict severely the number of medical students of the Otago University, ostensibly on the ground that sufficient accommodation was not available at the Otago Medical School and. if so, whether in view of the pressing need for more doctors the Minister would consider establishing a medical school in Auckland, where ample clinical material was available for the efficient training of
the Dominion’s medical practitioners? Mr Armstrong, while stating, that the present facilities at the Otago Medical School were adequate, added that as the necessity arose the establishment of a second school would be fully considered. ■
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19401003.2.130
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Otago Daily Times, Issue 24419, 3 October 1940, Page 13
Word count
Tapeke kupu
185MEDICAL GRADUATES Otago Daily Times, Issue 24419, 3 October 1940, Page 13
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in