“MORE SENIOR MEN”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 6

“MORE SENIOR MEN”

REQUIREMENT AT THE ' HOSPITAL ; APPOINTMENTS QUESTIONED -Fh© appointment of two senior medi cal officers to act as registrars of th< l med ical and surgical work of th< . Auckland Hospital and supervise th« * junior resident medical officers wa: 3 discussed by the Hospital Board yes £ terday. Stating that the board had alread; . affirmed the principle of having thes' 1 officers, the chairman, Mr. W. Wal lace, suggested that application; should be invited for qualified men a ■EoOO a year; In addition to registerin; the results of cases, he said that offi cers would ensure that instruction given by the honorary staff to the re sident medical officers were carriec out. He would be prepared to pa; up to £7OO a year for good men. s The Rev. W. C. Wood strongly ob | j fected to tire appointments withou j valid reason. He claimed it was a con i fession of weakness in the hospita , organisation if men had to watch tin juniors to ensure instructions givei by the honorary staff were observed if they cant be trusted to do thei “ww Why a .T they there? " he asked What are they paid for? I neve heard of such a suggestion.” Mr. W. Rowe supported this attitude saying he did not see that expenditur up to £1,400 a year was warranted t< ensure that juniors did their work The Chairman: The medical super mtendent says, “We want more senio men. At the request of members the pro posal was referred to the Finance Com mittee.