INSURANCE BILL
CABLE NEWS
( United Pres3 Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DOCTORS REFUSE PRACTICE.
(Received Last Nig'lit, 5.5 o'clock.)
LONDON, May 5
Owing to the speech made by the Hon. D. Lloyd-George in the Opera (House in .February, and the threat of Mir G. F. iG. Ma.ste.nman, the Brit/i/attii iMedical Association 'lias asked 26,(XX) doctors to f-iign .a'h' additional pledge ■*iso r'esligjii all Oiulb, Friendly cfocTety, diepenisairy and other forms of contributory contract}, practice and appointments tCfoifgh'out England, Scotland and Wak6, 'Unless their demands ar'e granted; also, that excepting in ; oa.&eiS tof urgent necessity, they will pledge themselves not to render (professional service' itto people insured any voluntary medical charity.
>Dr Cox, secretary icf (the Association', in, explaining the new and dramalbiic .turn whnoh lias thus been given to tlie ckjntroversy, iexjplkvin&that in ithie event df a doctor's strike tihoste oaisured Would'have to- make their private- "arrangements. for medical attendance.'' This) would imply a l>rea3cdovrai i!?i~one of the most attractive features 'of (the Bill.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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165INSURANCE BILL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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