MINISTER & DOCTOR
ORGANISATION OF HOSPITALS.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
(Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, January 16. Two interesting views about hospital organisation were expressed by tlie Minister for Health (the Hon. P. Eraser) and by Dr. H. M. Wilson, a member of the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board, during the former's visit to Hastings Hospital this afternoon. Mr Fraser, it was to be gathered, tends to the view- that there should be a limited number of central hospitals, at which major surgical operations should be performed, and that for such purposes smaller hospitals? should not be used. Dr. Wilson expressed himself in favour of much smaller hospitals than are the rule, and said his experience as a visitor to hospitals abroad had convinced him that most central hospitals are far too large—so much so that the human element was almost submerged.
College surgeons, said Mr Fraser, had declared 'that there should be only a few hospitals at which major operations should be performed. Their attitude was that the greatest possible surgical skill could not be made available at smaller hospitals for major operations, and it was not fair to patients to deny them the highest skill.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 81, 17 January 1936, Page 3
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