TRADE UNION HOSPITALS

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29798, 14 April 1962, Page 3

TRADE UNION HOSPITALS

Argentinian

System

Trade unions and municipal bodies in the Argentine provided most of the medical services that in New Zealand were regarded as the responsibility of the State, said Dr. J. E. Scwarz, an Argentinian physician, who is visiting New Zealand, in an interview in Christchurch. Dr. Scwarz said that the trade unions had provided money to build hospitals which gave full medical treatment to members of the unions and their Other groups such as large industrial firms and the military forces had followed the example set by the trade unions, so that the central government did not have to be relied on entirely for medical treatment In addition, in the large cities there were hospitals run by the municipal body and also many private hospitals. The latter, however, were of a high standard but very expensive.

The Argentine enjoyed a good reputation in world medical circles. There was a constant exchange of doctors between the Argentine and other countries and the Government gave every encouragement to the furthering of medical research, he said.