OUT-OF-WORK NURSES
"The demobilised nurse is finding herself faced with the same problem as the ex-officer or soldier in England. "While she has been serving overseas, her .place has . been filled by others. There are 5000 nurses on the books of Ihe Demobilisation and Resettlement Committee, and so far positions have been found for only VM." says (ho "Daily News." "The matron of a big military hospital in France applied recently for a similar position in a general hospital at Home. She 'was told that as she had been ovt.t of touch With hospital routine for four years, she was unsuitable for the post. This is slated to be. the ception given to hundreds of trained nurses returning to civil employment after four years' work at base hospitals, casualty clearing stations, on board hospital ships..and on ambulance trains. "A considerable number of nurse, many highly Jiainctl, are said to be suffering real hardship. There.is a strong feeling that in the new hospitals . and sanatoria which are being opened under the Ministry 'of Health and the Minister of Pensions. . demobilised nurses should be given the first chance of em-
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 9
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188OUT-OF-WORK NURSES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 9
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