Recently appointed a commissioner for the Accident Compensation Commission, Mr H. J. Walker paid his first official visit to the new $1.5 million spinal unit at Burwood Hospital. Mr Walker (left), a former Minister of Social Welfare, is shown speaking to one of the patients in the unit. With him, from left, are the director of medical rehabilitation for the A.C.C., Dr R. C. Doherty; the director of the spinal unit, Mr W. L. F. Utley; and the charge sister of the unit, Sister Beth Spiers.
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86Recently appointed a commissioner for the Accident Compensation Commission, Mr H. J. Walker paid his first official visit to the new $1.5 million spinal unit at Burwood Hospital. Mr Walker (left), a former Minister of Social Welfare, is shown speaking to one of the patients in the unit. With him, from left, are the director of medical rehabilitation for the A.C.C., Dr R. C. Doherty; the director of the spinal unit, Mr W. L. F. Utley; and the charge sister of the unit, Sister Beth Spiers. Press, 17 July 1979, Page 14
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