Minister Of Health Praises Kenny Treatment Of Polio
.(P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 1. The tact that Sister Kenny's treatment tor poliomyelitis had been introduced in New Zealand during her occupancy of the Health portfolio had given her particular gratification, said the Minister of Health. Miss M. Howard, at today’s annual conference of the New Zealand Crippled Children’s Society. Two Kenny women technicians who had been working in the Auckland Hospital had left last week on their return to the United States. However, an Australian male technician was still at the Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, and it was hoped to make use of him later as a teacher of the Kenny method. All three, the Minister added, had met with the greatest assistance from the medical profession and for that she expressed gratitude. *'lt was not always so,” she added. “Dr. Walter Robertson, who has been sent abroad to study the method, was able to give the Kenny treatment with what facilities were at his disposal. Miss Kenny,” added the Minister, “had informed her of her intention to retire next year.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22732, 2 September 1948, Page 6
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