‘Heart-unit hopes sinking'
The chances of Christchurch getting its proposed open-heart surgery unit could just about be “written off” a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Mrs Mollie Clark, suggested yesterday. Mrs Clark told a meeting of the board’s works committee yesterday that officials reports on the pro-
posal had been made over the last two years but no decision seemed likely to be made soon. “The signs are far from encouraging so far, and it seems as though it has just about been written off,’’ she said. The chairman of the works committee (Mr H. T. Dean) said he disagreed
with Mrs Clark and believed that the present assessment of all heart units in New Zealand, being prepared by the Health Department, would clarify the matter. Mr C. F. Whitty said the department had not “said no” to the proposal. It was still one of the board’s priorities.
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