Physiotherapists Visit City

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31366, 11 May 1967, Page 14

Physiotherapists Visit City

Christchurch and Princess Margaret Hospitals were visited by physiotherapists from Europe and the United States yesterday. They were in Christchurch on their way to the fifth congress of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy to be held in Melbourne from May 15 to 26.

The group of 72 arrived at Auckland last week and visited Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Queenstown and Dunedin.

pists, who is the society’s official delegate. Among the United States visitors in the city yesterday was Sister Mary Michael, of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, who was on her way to take up work at a physiotherapy unit for lepers in the British Solomons.

Members of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists held a lunch for the visitors at Russley Hotel, and sightseeing was arranged yesterday afternoon. Attending the congress will be more than 50 physiotherapists from New Zealand, including six from Christchurch. The group will be the largest ever to represent this country at a world physiotherapist congress. Among them will be Miss J. C. McGrath, advisory physiotherapist to the Health Department, and Mr K. N. Ritson, president of the New Zealand Society of Physiothera-

She said a great deal of help had been given to her order by the Lepers’ Trust Board.

Miss G. Park, the Health Department’s deputy advisory physiotherapist, who is on the executive of the world body, said New Zealanders got so few opportunities to meet and discuss matters of mutual concern with overseas members of their profession.

The Melbourne conference would give New Zealand delegates the opportunity to obtain first-hand information on treatment in other countries.