DOCTORS' VETO.
4 THREAT TO KILL INSURANCE BILL. By Telegraph—Press Association—GoDrHebt London, July 26. Professor Robert'Saiindby, Professor of Medicine at the Birmingham University, in his presidential address to the British Mcdical Association, referred to the National Insurance Bill, and said compulsory absorption by the State of medical practitioners was subversive of the interests of the public and of medical sciences. Tho Government would find that the Medical Association was not unprepared to fight for tliese interests. The members numbered 2-4,400. During the ensuing discussion, a delegate pointed out that there could bo no invalidity insurance without* the medical profession's co-operation, and unless it received fair treatment it would unhesitatingly exercise its veto.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1191, 28 July 1911, Page 5
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112DOCTORS' VETO. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1191, 28 July 1911, Page 5
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