DENTAL CLINICS.
SHORTAGE OF NURSES.
MORE NOW BEING TRAINED.
>S DIFFICULTY.
(By Telegraph.—Special Reporter.)
WHAXGAREI. this dav
Difficulties facing the Government in connection with dental clinics were referred to by the acting-Prime Minister. the Hon. P. Fraser, when a deputation at Wliangarei last evening urged an extension of the scheme and asked for the services of another nurse in the district.
Mr. Fraser said that they did not have a sufficient supply of liunses in the country and they could not be trained overnight. When he became Minister of Health there were 30 trainees. That was not sufficient to keep up the strength of the service and they had been endeavouring to train as many as possible. They had ">1 last year and this year 90. They" hoped to train 100 nurses each year and in five or six years to provide sufficient nurses for the work. The Government wanted to further develop the system. Better times had, resulted in many of the nurses petting married, but he was not going to issue an edict to stop that.
"If I can help your district without injuring any other district I will do it." said Mr. Fraser. "You ought to go and see the registrar of marriages and see if he can find a married dental nurse."'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 154, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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