'Anomaly’ in accident law condemned
North Canterbury Hospital Board members have condemned the apparent anomaly in the accident compensation law, which covers overseas athletes injured in New Zealand but provides inadequately, they say, for New Zealand athletes hurt overseas.
The board’s institutions committee was told yesterday that the Minister of Health (Mr GUI) has approved the provision of medical, hospital, and related benefits, and pre. ribed medicines for overseas participants and officials at the second New Zealand Games next year.
Committee members were concerned that altho’’gh such coverage was provided for foreigners in New Zealand, our athletes returning home with an injury were not properly covered, d they cited the case of Trevor Manning, the New Zealand Olympic hockey team goalkeeper.
Manning, whose knee was| broken in the final minutes of the game in which New Zealand won an Olympic gold medal, was unab’e to claim accident compe-sation when he • Mu. 'ed home. The Minister of Recreation and Sport (Mr Highet) has since approved a $2OO payment to Manning.
The committee has recommended that the board emphasise the anomaly to the Health Depiftment and Mr Gill. The medical superintendent (Dr L. McH. Berry) said he did not expect any problems in providing medical services at Christchurch Hospital during the Games. ANAESTHETISTS In an effort to ascertain progress on recrui' nt in England of anaesthetist staff, the chief executive (Mr J. G. Laurenson) will telephone the recruiting agencj in London.
If this brings no results, the committee recommended that advertisements be placed directly from New Zealand in Britain and possibly South Africa. Dr Berry said an American board employee had offered to help draft an advertisement in an effort to attract Americans to the positions. Advertising such things as New Zealand skifields and yachting might bring a response he said. ALCOHOL TESTS j I The Ministry of Transport '■ [has advised the board that a special breath-testing machine has been made available for the accident and emergency department of Christchurch Hospital. ! The machine will mean that blood specimens need only be taken from drivers who give a positive breath test.
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