AGAINST DOCTORS
STRONGER MEASURES
MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT
Replying to a question at a meeting at Bayswater last night whether the Government was prepared to conscript doctors, the Minister of Health, the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer, said that stronger measures would be taken to obtain the services of doctors in social security benefits by a bill which had already been drafted.
If the Government introduced this bill in the House it would have the effect of giving the people that measure of medical care free to which they were entitled, said the Minister. He also announced an extension of hospital benefits by regulations giving free X-ray treatment. The regulations would be considered by the Cabinet and would be ready for next week.
In order to overcome deficiencies in the pharmaceutical benefits a list of proprietary drugs to be given free of charge would shortly be announced, he added. This would comprise proprietary medicines that were regarded of definite value and which were not classified in the British Pharmacopoeia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 167, 17 July 1941, Page 8
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