Doctors and
emergency services Sir, —“Compassion Please” raises important issues, for the corps of general practitioners is ageing and dwindling. The number of doctors increases all the time but they prefer to work in public hospitals. In 1969, the Health Department calculated there was a shortage of 150 general practitioners throughout New Zealand. By April 1, 1972, this had risen to 290 and the situation had deteriorated more in the cities than in rural areas. The relation of population to active practitioner was 1598 in 1965, 1815 in 1969 and 2047 in 1972. In Christchurch, in the past year, eight experienced doctors left general practice. The doctors in hospitals numbered 761 in 1961. 1283 in 1972, and 1534 in 1973.—Yours etc., COMPASSION OR SURVIVAL. May 20, 1974.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33540, 22 May 1974, Page 12
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