SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS
HOSPITAL BOARDS’ PROBLEM. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, September 13. An anomalous position concerning the supply of doctors was referred to by Mr. J. Banks, of Rotorua, at a. meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board today. Mr. Banks pointed out that students .were not being accepted for the Medical School at Dunedin because the authorities claimed that there were too many trained doctors in New Zealand for the work available. On the oilier hand, hospital boards were finding it difficult to secure the services of doctors. For sixty-eight positions offered recently, onlv thirty applications were forthcoming. The chairman (Mr. J. J. Ruburn) said that there was no doubt the board had difficulty in obtaining doctors. At present one. was wanted for the Waikato Hospital and another for Rotorua.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1934, Page 7
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