HOSPITAL SURGEON

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 2

HOSPITAL SURGEON

At the Hospital Hoard mecti,,,, on Monday, mention W a, made of the lotu>i; written by Dr. liakeweil, and , Hl b bsned in a reeent issue of this pap,,., advocating the appointment of a yesi dent medical ollicer itt the Xcw I'lv mouth Hospital.. The Chairman said tlnit Dr. Hake well had earned a reputation as a writer of letters to newspapers, b»; the Now I'lyinontl, Hospital had a most enviable reputation all over the colony.

.Mr Jhirgess dismissed the leUei as '...absurd." If t m . v wolv „ oin „ ( , have a surgeon tied to the hosniij work and allowed to take no other Ihe'y would either havo to pnv a yen high salary or take a young inan will was merely learning his profession. I lie Chairman said the expend would be heavy. They would hav, to iiay salary, provide a residence fuel, 'servants, and so forth.. * As it «'as, the hospital was singuiarly lavoured m its medical olliecrs. " wlu were among the best men in tile colony. And he could not reineinl.ei an instance in which anv delay in \vttendance had occurred from the fact 'that the medical .superintendent was nou resident.

Mr llurgess repeated thai the appointment of a resident .surgeon would mean paying a big salary or taking an inferior man. i No action was taken.