TUBERCULOSIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 76, 30 March 1935, Page 6

TUBERCULOSIS.

A NATIONAL PROBLEM. ORGANISED TREATMENT. WELLINGTON SCHEME. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Comprehensive details of a scheme for the organised treatment of tuberculosis in the North Island, principally the southern half, were outlined by the general superintendent, Dr. A. R. Thorne, in a special report to the Wellington Hospital Board to-night. Dr. Thorne stressed the fact that the problem was a national one, and that any organisation should be such that it would harmonise with organised efforts in other parts of New Zealand. Success depended 011 the early diagnosis of the disease, in continuity of treatment for each patient, and the wholehearted cooperation and co-ordination of the boards concerned. The scheme provides for the appointment of a full-time director of tuberculosis, and a full-time nurse. It is also recommended that representatives of the following hospital boards should be called tpgether at the earliest opportunity to endeavour to arrange a group" scheme: Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Waipawa, Dannevirke, Taranaki, Stratford, liawera, Patea, Wanganui, Palmerston North and Wellington. If two sections are established in the North Island it is recommended an endeavour should be made to co-ordinate these with the South Island into one national scheme.