Doctors Held Responsible
[Per Press Association. Copyright ] WANGANUI, This Day. “The Government is providing the organisation amt the financial means for placing maternity benefits within the reach of every mother. Those concerned with the interests of mothers in any district should know that the absence of services is entirely due to those who can give the services refusing to do so,” said the Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of Health. “The Government has fulfilled its part in making the provision possible. If the medical profession co-operates furthermore, the benefits will be extended as rapidly as possible to every part of the country.”
The Minister said that many inquiries had been made by obstetricians living abroad regarding practice in Now Zealand, including practitioners of the highest standing.
“While it would not be a wise policy to close the doors in New Zealand altogether to experienced obstetricians, so long as there is a need in the country, I am hopeful that the doctors in New Zealand, who are offered such good terms, will first take advantage of the opportunities offered,” Mr Fraser said.
The Minister said the services would be continuous, and would be extended ns fast as contracts were accepted.
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Northern Advocate, 13 May 1939, Page 8
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