500 people expected at congress
About 500 people will gather to hear 20 international guest speakers at the South Pacific congress in medical laboratory technology at the Christchurch Town Hall this week.
The congress will be opened by the Minister of Health (Mr Malcolm) on Wednesday. It will be preceded today and tomorrow by workshops designed for laboratory scientists to keep pace with advancing technology and developments.
A trade exhibition will be held at the same time.
The congress is the first to combine a meeting of medical ' laboratory scientists f- ' Austr’ N Z r
irom Australia. iew ealand. and the South Pacific. It has been planned since 1979 when the Australian Institute of Medical Technology proposed joint meetings with its New Zealand counterpart.
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