SCIENCE GETS AHEAD
ECONOMICS IN MEDICINE CANNOT KEEP PACE CONFERENCE AT WINNIPEG WINNIPEG, Tuesday. The British Medical Association’s conference was opened today at Winnipeg, there being 2,000 medical men present. The opening ceremonies included Professor Harvey Smith’s presidential address and an impressive religious service. The president laid stress upon the fact thgt the economic organisation of medicine had not kept pace with its scientific progress. He said 30 per cent, of patients were treated free by physicians. He advocated a system of health insurance as the only method by which a competent medical service might be placed within the reach of all on a satisfactory basis. Sir James Barrett, of Melbourne, in an interview, said the organisation of the Winnipeg Community Hospital was of great interest to Australia. The problem of open or closed hospitals, their size, and the adequate representation of medical staffs on boards of management, had been discussed informally by the Australian medical men with their colleagues here.
Sir James has been requested to lecture in various Canadian cities on bush nursing.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 11
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