Hospital Board gives assurance

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 6, 12 July 1983, Page 1

Hospital Board gives assurance

Mr J. Boyack, chief executive of the Wanganui Hospital Board has said that the review being carried out in all departments and all institutions operated by the Wanganui Hospital Board was to find savings which could be put towards increasing the medical staffing numbers. "Increases to the number staff at Raetihi made redun-

of medical staff would improve the service operating at the Base Hospital and enable more visits to be made to outlying hospitals for clinics" he said. "At no stage has there been mention made of meals not being prepared at Raetihi's kitchen and I consider the suggestion made by Mr Jim Marr (of the Domestic Workers Union as reported in a recent edition of the BuUetin) that food would be prepared, packaged and frozen elsewhere and then distributed to the various hospitals within the Board's region to be quite erroneous," said Mr Boyack. "Furthermore I explained to Mr Marr that there is no proposal to have any

dant" he added. "I am concerned that these allegations have been made as staff, patients and residents in the area would naturally be concerned" Mr Boyack said. As reported in last week's edition, the Mayor of Raetihi, the Rev Bob Peck, was able to give borough councillors an assurance that the Waimarino Hospital would continue to provide and maintain the present high standard of health care services to its patients, following a meeting he and other members of a delegation representing local interests had had in Raetihi with members of the Wanganui Hospital Board, including Mr Boyack.