More Maoris wanted in nursing
PA Auckland At. least 10 per cent of the student-nursing intake each year should be set aside for Maoris and Islanders says Dr D. P. Boshier, a lecturer at the Auckland University School of Medicine. At a medical discussion on Maori and Islander health care, Dr Boshier said the Maori ■ and Islander proportion of the intake for both general and community nursing was far below 10 per cent.
Only three Maoris and no Islanders, compared with 92 Europeans entered Greenlane Hospital for general nursing in 1977.
The ratio for community nursing was better, with six Maoris, two Islanders, and 91 Europeans starting the 1977 course.
Dr -C. D. Mantell, a Maori who was recently appointed Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Medical School, said the school was not doing its best to encourage Maori and Islander students even though it had a Polynesian-preference scheme.
He urged Maori parents to consider sending their children to medical school.
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