Criticism of the general attitude shown toward hospital medical practice by the Department of Health and the Minister of .Health (Miss Howard) was expressed by the acting medical superintendent of the Timaru Public Hospital (,Dr W. H. St John Brooks) yesterday,'when tendering his resignation to the South Canterbury Hospital Board: Anomalies caused 137 an amendment to the Hospital " Employment Regulations, he said, provided evidence of the lack of interest and ignorance with which they were compiled. Dr Brooks came from England to join the Timaru Public Hospital as a physician in 1946. His resignation was accepted with regret by the board. He! hopes to return to England in November, when the superintendent returns.
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Northern Advocate, 20 July 1949, Page 7
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