Asks Jeeps From U.S. For Nurses
(.Special) RAWENE. This Day. An unusual request for jeeps for use by district nurses in the baekblocks, has been made by the medical superintendent cf the Hokianga Hospital at Rawene (Dr. G. M. Smith').
“We are running an experimental co-operative clinic medical service m an isolated ‘backblock’ district where roads are often bullock tracks,” wrote Dr. Smith to the United States Joint Purchasing Board. “We employ six district nurses with cars, and the latter are quite unfit for the work. “We want six jeeps. Would it be possible to forward our request to the United States authorities for favourable consideration “May I point out that our service has recently aroused much interest in the U.5.A.,” the doctor added. “Surely it would be a better thing to give jeeps to us than to dump them in the sea.
We crave your assistance
The letter was addressed by Dr. Smith to the Officer-in-charge, U.S. J.P.8., Auckland. No reply has yet been received.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19451220.2.22
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 20 December 1945, Page 4
Word Count
166Asks Jeeps From U.S. For Nurses Northern Advocate, 20 December 1945, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.