DOCTORS' DILEMMA.
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BUDAPEST.
The critical position of the Budapest doctonb, who are among the keenest sufferers from the economic crisis, has brought some surprising facts to light about the distribution of doctors among the whole population.
In Hungary about 9000 doctors are practising, and _of these 3868. live, in Budapest. This means that in the capital one doctor falls-to every 285 citizens, while in the villages ,5000 persons, or even more, must, b®< content with one doctor among them.
The, small town of Kiskunhalas asked for a doctor to Come to iheiif assistnee, as the practice of the. local practitioner covers an area.of. 115,000 acres!
. The reluctance of the doctors to settle m country districts is responsible for the continued exigence of "wise women" who cure with herbs and old remedies, and sometimes treat the patients by exorcism.
In the towns, where young doctors must wait for years to create a modest practice, medical science is on the highest European standard. Hungary excels in surgeons such as Winternitz, Hultl, Bakay, Verebelyi, Benedek and Adam.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 84, 10 April 1937, Page 12
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