TREATMENT IN HOSPITALS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 June 1932, Page 5

TREATMENT IN HOSPITALS.

RELATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSION THERETO. “ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOE ADMISSION.” (By Telegraph—Press Association..f (WELLINGTpN,, Friday. The Hospital Boards’ Conference .a-doped ,-the reaomnilendations arising from the round table conference of March, 1929, as follows: — That all members of the community requiring treatment in hospital be eligible for admission to public hospitals. That patients in (public hospitals who need, because of the nature of ■their illness, accommodation other than in the larger wards, shall bo provided for iby an adequate number of one to four-bedded wards.

That medical attendance on patients be in the hands of the visiting staff with the assistance of the requisite number of resident medical officers.

That each hospital board may determine the number of visiting staff, but it be recommended that, in arriving at a decision, a board shall, consistent with convenience and smooth running of the institution, appoint as many <)f “the medical practitioners residing in the district as possible. That in making appointments to the visiting staff and in determining suitability or otherwise of the practitioners for the privilege of attendance on patients, the hospital board should be guided by the advice of a special ’con-feul-tative body, or in the ease of smaller hospital districts by the advice of the Director-General of Health.

• That the special consultative body comprise the -consulting staff, if any, of the hospital, or in -other cases should comprise the senior members of the medical profession of the district, selected by the hospital board with the approval -of the Director-General of Health.

All patients shall be attended by the visiting medical staff in an honorary capacity.