HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3435, 15 March 1920, Page 8

HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS.

I H!-I(}.\.\Tl’F4.\'l‘lo.L\" I.\T BRT'l‘.»\IN. 'i‘h;- Cs:-:-:ir:l‘uiii2y of naiio:lulisiu;_;‘ 1110 n:v<iir:»l‘. so:'vi<‘9. or at least of forming an 1-i‘licimll’ >,»t;ltc S(?rvi.c(*, is being; '».\'iJ.el_\' diSv‘L}S.<(‘il in ‘Britain. On his‘ m~t‘ll2‘n tn ‘\'\'vllllig‘ton Dr. T. H. A. \’:‘xlintim*. the chief hezlllh mficm’. said thnr. :'.>' f'ar_-as lii‘ had nppm'tun'lfiv.=s of observing. the sy.~=L‘9.:l had “m-v mm-. 11 beffor bhzmees of bning‘ adoptvd than in ;xro~\\'al' «I:l_v.<. .\ great many nu‘-!i<':l] men, the nmjol'it_\'. in fact, had '.€‘!'\'<‘(l «‘nlx‘:7n_2' iho war. w7li'll Hm ro.\'ll].*. I3l:+('i})}'§:l4*rl 3‘].|'.H" I>‘.‘:"(‘: ig. \\'ll'H<2 I"hl.‘i'.‘ war pusifionrz had g'i.Von :1 number m" 'luCfm‘.s (‘:<pm‘imH'o of. and a raste fmz adnlinish':lfi\'e work. .=\..~' EL I'o.~'lllt ‘:n:ln_\' w(‘r(~ n:<.~:'<) iliclincd to take up ‘ H 131" ‘branch of work than to resume private prac’r.ico. Unfortnnafely ‘too many who had given up their pr.lc:l,ices ro Sm-vc t‘neir cntnwfvy had come bark to find ‘that t}m§73 pa'acetir=os had rlwindlod to such an Oxfmlt. that if ‘was nvcessary for them alrnosr to start ‘all (’|\'(‘l‘ again. 'l"h«?so facfol-s wore ‘.‘.'m'l~'.izlg afrzlinst any .<erio',l.< Opposi{ion from Inonn‘bc3r«_; of the }n'O{"c.<Sion. to natimmlisation of the St_‘l‘Vic(‘. [ Dr. Yalintine said thv auflmrities 1 \'.'(‘l‘(‘ mm'-I mlg‘l'o.<'sed at p':(*smlt with :1 sc.hoxn<3 for rcorganising the hospital E Ir2'nng«i*l‘::erl’rs than \\'ith. the other {'sll<'.~‘fion. Dr. Addison. Hm Minister "'m' Public Health. was very anxious [fix inh‘mlllr'o :1 ,<ys{f'mn of hospital !'~"<_:':.anisnlinn Hn'onglluut Englilml and

}‘\Valos. “In that connection I may say with a certain amount of p:‘i'J.e,” ':‘<>xx:ax‘l{ve'l DY’. Vnlinfine. “that tho s¢'!x()l“:l3£>' ->1 \V}litolluH, with wlmm Y ltnd st‘-\‘«‘l‘€l] <*(mfol'mlrws. told me 'haf of all the hospifnl S_vstem.~:-' in HlO ' "36’ Hlll3 (\Hl4s‘3' v(~.l]Hf."§(‘>' .lI!1'(i \\'}li(’h ‘hm’ Mn‘: inquirozl. the New Zo:1l21n<l

system appealed to them as the most‘ suitable and applicable to the UnitedKingdonm. Dr. \'alintine added tha‘. his own obsm.-'va::?~_~.::s 1'21: other emm'.l-ics led; 323:: tr: L-Mien" fhaf as far as hospital S_\‘Sl'(‘,nl and a'dmillistl'atioll went New Zeuland had not much to learn. So far, I t‘r.n- instance, the number of beds provided in hospitals per 1000 of the 7 pdpulation ,wcn}'.‘., {New Zeaflands Was.well in the load. 0 I