DOCTORS FOR HOSPITALS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21686, 21 January 1936, Page 8

DOCTORS FOR HOSPITALS

—♦ AUCKLAND BOARD'S EXPERIENCE ANOTHER MEDICAL SCHOOL SAID TO BE ESSENTIAL [THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, January 20. That/he establishment of a medical school at Auckland is essential if there are to be sufficient doctors available for hospital work in future is* the opinion of Mr W. Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board and also chairman of the Hospital Boards' Association. It was stated by Mr Wallace that before the holidays the superintendent of the Auckland hospital had sought 10 resident doctors, and the number he had been able to obtain was only four. This made the working of the hospital extremely difficult, and it indicated also that there were not sufficient doctors passing through the medical school. "If something is not done to remedy the present state of affairs we win have to approach the Government to take action," said Mr Wallace. "There is an absolute necessity for the establishment of a second medical school, and if this is not done, then fifth year and sixth year students should be allowed to come to Auckland. Some portion at least of a medical school will have to be established in Auckland to meet the requirements of the district. We have here the population and the clinical facilities." Mr Wallace said a remit to the University Senate had been passed by the Hospital Boards' Association last March, drawing attention to the lack of doctors for hospital positions.