BRITISH NURSES
26 FOR DOMINION MENTAL HOSPITALS ARRIVAL ON MONDAY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 18. Among the passengers on the liner Pmngitata, which is duo at Wellington on Monday, are 26 women from the United Kingdom to be trained in New Zealand for mental nursing. This is the first of a group of 225 who are expected to reach New Zealand shortly. On arrival, three of these nurses will be sent to the Porirua Mental Hospital, 11 to Stoke Hospital, Nelson and 12 to Tokonui Hospital, 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 releive the shortage of mental nurses in this country. Dr. Pi. T, Lewis, who has been in England, has selected the girls who are coming out. Their ages range from 20 to 34 years. Qualifications that were needed were good health and physical fitness. They all agreed to remain in New Zealand for at least two years. When the nurses arrive they will do a course in mental nursing for a fortnight, and will then be ready to 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, which is due at Wellington early in November, and another 50 will leave soon, probably on the Rangitiki.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1946, Page 3
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