SPECIALIST TEAMS
Suggestion For Tetanus Cases (Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, August 14 The establishment' off spec id! medical and nursing teams to supplement the staffs of smaller hospitals in tetanus cases was asked for in Parliament today by Sir Basil Arthur (Opposition. Timaru' He asked the Minister of Health (Mr McKay) whether he had noted the occurrence of a case of tetanus in Timaru. and particularly the strain placed upon the medical an i nursing staff of Timaru Hospital by the treatment of the case “Tetanus and certain other diseases may involve severe loss of respiratory function and I am aware of the strain placed on hospital staffs by these cases.” Mr McKay said “Special respiratory units are established at Auckland and Dunedin for the transfer of cases, where this is indicated in the opinion of the medical superintendent responsible."
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29901, 15 August 1962, Page 16
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