NURSES FROM BRITAIN
FOR N.Z. MENTAL HOSPITALS PARTY DUE NEXT WEEK (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. Among the passengers oh the liner Rangitata, which is due at Wellington next Monday, are 26 women from the United Kingdom to be trained in New Zealand for mental nursing. These are the first of a group of 225 who are expected to reach New Zealand shortly. On their arrival three of these nurses will be sent to the Porirua Mental Hospital, 11 to the Stoke Hospital at Nelson, and 12 to the Tokonui Hospital at Te Awamutu. The nurses, who come from all parts of the United Kingdom, have been chosen from a, large number of applicants to be trained in New Zealand to relieve the shortage of mental nhrses in this country. Dr R. T. Lewis, of the Mental Hospitals Department, has been in England and lias selected the girls who are coming out. Their ages range from 20 to 34 years. The qualifications needed were good health and physical fitness. They all agreed to remain m New Zealand for at least two years. When they arrive they will do a course in mental nursing for a fortnight, and will then be ready t.o start work. It is hoped that at least 100 will be here before the end of the, year. There are 21 on the Moreton Bay. due in Wellington early in November, and another 50 will leave soon, probably on, the Rangitiki. '
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Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 9
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242NURSES FROM BRITAIN Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 9
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