HOSPITAL NURSES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 155, 13 April 1934, Page 4

HOSPITAL NURSES.

INCREASE IN SALARIES'

SOUTHLAND BOARD’S DECISION

(Per Pi ess Association): INVERCARGILL, April 12. The Southland Hospital Board, at its monthly meeting to-day, discussed l posals .to review all sakirie# and ♦» - paid to its hospital staff. . It- Y Jljjn by members that nurses an the boutn- _ land Hospital were the most po°rlj paid of any hospitals of this giade l the Dominion. , , , , “I am satisfied it is high time we ievised the salaries, paid to our nurses, ; . remarked the chairman (Mr T. Golden). “I don’t think there is any profession,.' • skilled or unskilled, that does mere or ... better work than hospital nurses amt •I would be very surprised to find tna there is any profession more . pool y paid. This board wants to do every- , thing possible to help the Government, but since the second cut was net enforced on every board, I den t see any reason that we should not I’evise salaries we pay our nurses, imy should not have to.' suffer the hardship of the second cut.” ... , The meeting went into committee to discuss actual details of the 'readjustment, and it was decided that the salaries of the nursing division shohid bo adjusted to the minimum scale, as suggested by the .Department for other hospital boards of similar, grade in the Dominion. . '