IMPORTATION OF DRUGS.
HOSPITAL BOARD'S DECISION. i LOCAL TENDER „ REJECTED. [by telegraph.—own correspondent. ] THAMES, Tuesday. A point of interest to pharmacists was raised at yesterday's meeting of the Thames Hospital Board, when a local tender for the supply of drugs for the hospital's use was considered. It was stated that the medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr. W. Sowerby, had re ported against the acceptance of a local tender, on the ground that he could obtain the drugs privately from England at a saving of 15 per cent, on the quoted figure. The secretary said a saving of £l5O had been made last year in the in denting of drugs by the medical superintendent.
Mr. Danby recalled his experience at several hospitals, where it was found that the medical superintendents had discarded the brands and types of drugs recommended by their predecessors. He thought the experience and advice of expert chemists should not be disregarded in the purchase of drugs. The board decided to adopt the recommendation of the medical superintendent, and to indent its drugs privately.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 10
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