HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1920, Page 5

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

THE DOMINION. CONFERENCE, i TARANAKI REMITS. * A Dominion conference of hosplt boards will open at Wellington ni, Tuesday. The Taranaki Board, M Sates will be tlie chairman (Itoyi l-'rascr), Mr. F. J. Hill, and the Mflj tary (Mr. Kolden), who leave for W lington on Monday morning. The T«H naki Board has sent the following j mits; ■ Tha,t the Hospital Department form late a seheme for the purchase. a distribution of hospital boards' au plies in general use. - : . i That the Destitute Persons Act, 10! should be amended to provide that hj( pital and charitable aid boards nuty 1 cover from parents the coat of Tel granted to children under the age, 21 years; also that the time for j covery of all relief granted should', extended for more than two yeara ti the date it becomes due. That the Defence Department «M reimburse the hospital boards the i.' cost to them for the treatment of' returned soldiers who become patiei in their institutions. That a uniform scale of nalftHm : hospital nurses be compiled and adott by all hospital boards. ', That all "hospital nurses have J nWvilegc to subscribe to a supora'nll' tion scheme, on the same basis an S servants. ■■■■.• The Pa tea Board has fonrahtaH following remit: That this board afflt the principle of jrradinp hospitals,that'levies will be based, not on l capital value, but on per head 0$ population. '! The Stratford Board offers the foH ing remit: That steps bo taken to se< legislation providing that, in all Cft wherein the bread-winner of a fan has been removed by State actional State, and not the charitable aid hold be responsible for the maintenance the family, ~