DENTAL CLINIC
NURSE ALLOCATED BUT NO SUBSIDY FOR BUILDING | TEMPORARY ROOMS OFFERED j "I regret to inform you that, despitej urgent representations from this de-i partment, the Minister of Education, j is unable to see his way to grant sub-j sidies for the erection of school dentalj clinics in the meantime," says the! Director of Dental Hygiene, Colonelj J. L. Saunders, in a letter received! hy the Rotorua Primary School Com-j ! mittee. j Colonel Saunders said that the de-j | partment apreeiated the enthusiasni! ! with which the people of Rotorua had [ entered into the project of establishj ing a -school dental clinie, and was I anxious to keep faith with them in jthe matter. He pointed out, however that a dental nurse had been definitely allocated to the district and was expected to he available ahout the end of this nionth.
"On learning that the subsidy would definitely not be available," wrote Col* onel Saunders, "I discussed the question of accommodation at Rotorua with the Director-General of Health and am pleased to he able to say tkaj he has offered to place accommodation at King George V. Hospital al your disposal to accommodate the dental clinic in the meantime." In conclusion the director said thai he had instructed Mr. F. B. Rise, district dental superintendent at Auct. land, to visit Rotorua as early as possible to inspeet the accommodatioi; offered and to confer with the school committee regardnig the preparatiot of the clinic. A letter was also received by thf committee from the Auckland Educa- | t'on Board advising that the Healtf Department had approved of the establishment of a dental clinic in Rotorua and that the qnestion of proviiing funds for the erection of tfc clinic -was under consideration.In or-1 der to avoid capital expenditure ti the meantime, the Department ha: | suggested that temporary accommoda- 1 tion he secured at Rotorua and th| . Board therefore asked the committe: | to ascertain whether suitahle ar | rangements could he made.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 March 1932, Page 4
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326DENTAL CLINIC Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 March 1932, Page 4
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