TREATMENT OF CRIPPLED CHILDREN
WELLINGTON HOSPITAL INQUIRY VIEWS OF LOCAL BRANCH IPbb United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 10. The views of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children s Society were placed before the Royal Commission inquiring into the matter of accommodation and arrangements far the care and treatment of patients by the Wellington Hospital. Mrs Knox Gilmer (president of the branch) and Mr J. Meltzer (secretary) presented a statement. . It was urged that there should be available a complete and modern orthopedic hospital, including moderu facilities for physiotherapy and occupational therapy, an efficient and well-organised hospital school, and a vocational training workshop, including a splint shop. Associated with any orthopedic 'hospital should be a number of orthopedic clinics, and for the economical and efficient work of such hospital and clinics they must be within easy reach of the home*
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Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 8
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142TREATMENT OF CRIPPLED CHILDREN Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 8
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