Pay proposal 'nonsense'
PA | ’ L[ Auckland . A proposal that A.I.D.S. patients, drug'addicts and sexually ’ j- ’ transmitted disease sufferers pay for their! own treatment has been! labelled “nonsense” by the Auckland [Hospital Board’s chairman, Sir Frank Rutter. I ' Sir Frank was responding to comments made by a Wellington Hospital Board , member, Mr Doug Catley, on Tuesday. Mr’ Catley said people with “self-inflicted” conditions should pay for their treatment because they were; taking up an increasing ’ proportion of hospital resources. I .It ! was | unfair that people ! hospitalised;
|l I through | no ’fault of their own had to suffer because those [with (conditions caused by [Tack of self discipline, permissiveness and a breakdown in social behaviour” were using up resources. [ Sir Frank said Mr Catley’s proposal [was "quite impractical”! (and against the whole principle of the community j bearing the cost of health and welfare systems.’ ill “He [may! very well have been flying a kite ..!. but it’s just nonsense. You may as| well say people who smoke. and drink should pay too,’” he said. The Wellington Hospital Board (ejected Mr Catley’s proposal. !i (
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Press, 24 March 1988, Page 5
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