“ You treat your people better in this country than we do at Home, com* mented the Governor-General, in reply to a speech of welcome at the Cook Hospital at Gisborne. Lord Bledisloe was referring to the care of sick people who were not in a position to P a Y for treatment in the public institutions having been informed by the chairman of the Hospital Board (Mr M. T. Trafford) that the hospital was under an obligation to take in cases regardless of the ability of the individuals to pay. Lord Bledisloe expressed the view that there was a danger of exploitation under the New Zealand system, and that the hospital boards and other institutions must be on their guard agaiilst this evil, which the tolerant attitude of the public and their representatives might encourage. An assurance was given to his Excellency that malingerers were not common .among the people dealt with in the hospitals in New Zeaand.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4033, 30 June 1931, Page 61
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