STATE MEDICAL SYSTEM.
CONSIDERED BY GOVERNMENT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI*, this day. In his speech at the opening of a new ward of the Whangarei Hospital yesterday the Hon. G. W. Russell said he did not know how doctors would take his remarks, but the Government was considering a State medical system, and, by bursaries, was going to train medical, al--o dental, students at a minimum, so that their services can be made available practically to every district. No man, woman or child in New Zealand should go to bed sick or ill for want of a doctor because they were unable to pay. (Applause.) The students at the Otago Medical School when graduated, would come to hospitals as assistant surgeons, to the benefit of the public and the State. This year ten students had graduated to become dental surgeons. „
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 140, 13 June 1919, Page 6
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