HAWERA'S PLIGHT.
SHORTAGES DOCTORS. JDie-mediea.l superintendent (Dr.. MacDlarmid) waited upon the Hawera Hospital Board on Wednesday. "It is impossible for me to carry on, and I am about ready to drop," said tihe doctor. "You: want two- other doctors at least, and then they will be overworked. People are suffering and dying all over the place because of the lack of medical attention," added the doctor seriously. The doctor went on to say that even if the district had the assistance of medical students it would be better than nothing. He wanted at least 60 helpers for the different hospitals in the town; at least a quarter of the assistants go down daily with, tho epidemic. In the mam hospital there were now only two sisters and one probationer left. Mr. Gillanders pointed out that some of t)he assistants, especially the women, deserved the Victoria Cross. •
The doctor: Including the Hospital Board members,* whovare doing splendid work.
The Board decided to telegraph-to =theMinister, asking that three medicalimen
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1918, Page 5
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167HAWERA'S PLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1918, Page 5
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