“One fee for everybody, and those that can’t pay, let them ‘off,’ ” is the Mayor of Riccarton’s idea of how a public hospital should be run (states the Christchurch “Press”). A proposal from the Wairewa County Council "to increase hospital revenue by higher charges to those who are in a position to pay fees more in accord with those ruling at private hospitals,” was received at a meeting of the Riccarton Borough Council, and it was adversely commented on. “We don’t want class distinction in the hospital,” said the Mayor, “it’s been kept out so far.” On the motion of Councillor Steere, it was decided that the council was unable to endorse the resolution, and that class distinction was a thing to be avoided.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 214, 4 June 1924, Page 8
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