NATIONALISING HOSPITALS.
DISCUSSED AT THE MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July 13. An interesting discussion on the na-- , tionalisation of public hospitals took place at the Municipal Conference today, when the [following remit was submitted by the Pctonc Council:—''That the .present method of levying on local bodies for the upkeep of hospitals and charitable aid be discontinued, and that hospitals, etc., be nationalised, and the whole upkeep be met out of the general revenue, the whole treatment to be free of cost to patients." The Hon. J. Barr strongly supported the motion, and said he regarded hospitals as purely national institutions. They could have no purely local sphere because common humanity compelled their doors to be open to all who came. Mr. McGrath (Napier) said his experience suggested that if hospitals were nationalised there would be, so much red tape that most of the patients would be dead before they could be admitted,. '•Mr. Michael (Auckland) also opposed the remit, because he did not believe in pauperising the people. The remit was finally rejected by 2!1 i;otes to 25.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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180NATIONALISING HOSPITALS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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