DOCTORS' FEES
Sir, —I am afraid that sentiment such as that shown in " Grateful'a " letter will not -solve the problem as to doctors' fees and their incidence in New Zealand. In all the correspondence on tho subject which has appeared in the Herald, I have not seen any attempt to belittle either the doctors or their profession, the whole point has been that medical fees, particularly the minimum fee charged by members of the British Medical Association, are too high for the average citizen to pay without hardship. As a result people call in the doctor too late, or do without him altogether, to the infinite harm of public health. That is the main, hard fact. Fees at present may at times not bo paid because payment is utterly beyond tho reach of patients, _ but, in any case, the remedy for this is to charge less and to get the money. I still believe that most of tho public are honest and independent in the matter, and sooner, therefore, there is State regulation the better. Galen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22225, 27 September 1935, Page 15
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