MOUNTED NURSES
FIRST DOMINION UNIT GISBORNE INNOVATION Believed to be the first unit of its kind in New Zealand, the Gisborne mounted auxiliary of the Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Association has begun one week's intensive training for work as mounted nurses. They will be trained in first-aid and general nursing work, and by means of horses will provide their own transportation to inaccessible parts of the district in time of emergency. The scheme has the full approval of the medical officers of the association and of the officer commanding the National Military Reserve in that district. It is proposed that the new unit will act in concert with the home defence forces if the Iatter are called upon. The immediate objective, however, is to furnish the district with an auxiliary corps of women accustomed to riding and able to take care of themselves, and bring nursing assistance to patients^ in areas where medical and specialised nursing aid is not immediately available.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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164MOUNTED NURSES Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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