NURSES FOR PALESTINE.
Advico has been received by the Auckland branch of tho New Zealand Women's Zionist Society that Nurses E. Ashberry and E. Hymans who were selected by the society to establish a Plunketi Nursing scheme in Palestine, have arrived at Jaffa, the chief port of Palestine. Miss Ashberry is a. trained Infant Welfare nurse, and served on the Palestine front with the British forces during the war. Both nurses are fully qualified midwives, and in addition, have undergone six months' special Plunket training at tho " Babies of the Empire" training centre, which was established in London by Dr. Truby King at the instance of the British Government. The advico and assistance of the nurses are to bo made available to mothers of all denominations. Leaflets are being published in Hebrew smd Arabic and circulated among the popidation explaining the mewing and benefits of Plunket nursing
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18078, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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147NURSES FOR PALESTINE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18078, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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