TOO MANY OPERATIONS.
STATEMENT by sir lindo FERGUSON; WELLINGTON BOARD’S DISCUSSION. (Peb United Pbess Association.! WELLINGTON, March 25. A statement made by Sir Lindo Ferguson, of Dunedin, that too many operations were performed at public hospitals was discussed at a meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board when the question was asked the chairman, who, at the time, was reporting on the Hospital Board’s Conference, if there were any grounds for the assertion. It had also been stated thatit would be perhaps a good thing for New Zealand if some hospital boards went out of existence. The chairman explained that Dr Unwin was responsible for the latter statement. He had referred to county hospitals where young surgeons had to perfom opeations with instruments which were not the last word i i efficiency. Mir Lindo Ferguson’s statement was not taken seriously, being merely discussed without any motion in connection with the matter being placed before the meeting-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19748, 26 March 1926, Page 11
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155TOO MANY OPERATIONS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19748, 26 March 1926, Page 11
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