X-ray scrapped on ‘medical advice’
Parliamentary reporter The decision to stop the South Island’s mobile X-ray unit service from October 1 was not made for financial reasons, the Minister of Health. Mr Malcolm, has told Parliament. The decision was made on medical advice, because the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the South Island was very low. he said in reply to a question by Mrs Ann Hereus (Lab.. Lyttelton). The mass X-ray technique was not suitable as a screening device for other diseases and gave a bigger than nor-
mal X-ray dose. There was no long-term reduction in health spending from the cut. because the money saved would be used to develop hearing services in the South Island. In the remaining half of this financial year. $31,800 would be spent on hearing services. In the next two years $59,500 and $69,000 would be spent there. The annual cost of the X-ray unit was $67,000. Mr Malcolm said that developments in hearing resources could be made more quickly because, of the decision to drop the X-ray unit.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19820913.2.78
Bibliographic details
Press, 13 September 1982, Page 10
Word Count
176X-ray scrapped on ‘medical advice’ Press, 13 September 1982, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.