Criticism of fourth unit
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. Sept. 27. Criticism of the Government’s decision to have two cardiology units in the South Island was expressed in an interview by the chairman of the Medical Association of New Zealand (Dr Randal Elliott). At the most a small country like New Zealand could afford three cardiology units —one in the South Island and the two already in use in Auckland and Wellington, he said. The money and skill needed to maintain an extra fourth unit, as proposed by the Government, were needed elsewhere in other more urgent medical fields, he said. He said that all available evidence substantiated this and it seemed that the “extraordinary” decision by the Cabinet to have two units in the South Island was motivated by political, not medical, reasons, said Dr Elliott.
He said that there were enough heart cases in the South Island to support only one unit. Even the Wellington unit was averaging only two cases a week, which was a little under what it should be doing.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33033, 28 September 1972, Page 12
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