MOUNTED NURSES IN GISBORNE
FIRST UNIT OF KIND IN DOMINION
(Special to The Times) GISBORNE, September 13.
Believed to be the first unit of its kind in New Zealand, the Gisborne mounted auxiliary of trie Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Association began yesterday one week’s intensive training for "work as mounted nurses. The members will be trained in first-aid and general nursing work, and by means of horses will provide their own transportation to inaccessible parts of the district in time of' emergency. The scheme has the full approval of the medical officers of the association and of the officer commanding the National Military Reserve in this district.
It is proposed that the new unit will act in concert with the home defence forces if the latter are called upon. The
immediate objective, however, is to furnish the district with an auxiliary corps of women accustomed to riding and able to take care of themselves, and bring nursing assistance to patients in areas where medical and specialized nursing aid is not immediately available.
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Southland Times, Issue 24231, 14 September 1940, Page 6
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175MOUNTED NURSES IN GISBORNE Southland Times, Issue 24231, 14 September 1940, Page 6
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