HOSPITAL CONTROL
CRITICISM OF SYSTEM IN N.Z. REPLY TO DR. BEGG Press Association DUNEDIN, Today. Replying to Dr. Begg’s criticism of the hospital control system in New Zealand, Mr. W. E. S. Knight, chairman of the Otago Hospital Board, said he agreed that the hospital question should be removed from the sphere of politics. Many instances could be cited where politics had been introduced with a disadvantage to the system in the Dominion. Referring to Dr. Begg's statement that the New Zealand control system had been universally abandoned elsewhere, Mr. Knight said he doubted whether their actual system had been tried els where. There was certainly no lack of co-operation between the staff and the ‘ Otago Board and its recent by-laws had a close affinity to what Dr. Begg seemed to be aiming at. In every case in the Dunedin Hospital the staff was consulted where equipment was purchased or additions planned. Every endeavour was also made to classify cases, but to do this completely would involve heavy capital expenditure. After traversing other points, Mr. Knight said the organisation of medical boards was in existence in the Dunedin Hospital.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1061, 27 August 1930, Page 1
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