“NOT ENOUGH DOCTORS”
RANGITAIKI PLANS AREA PROVISION PR OP I) A deput at ion from the Awakovi Women's Division of the l’':i rni*? ra * Union waited on the \\ hiikiltatn (’onnl,v Council with :i view to tile possibilities of either formin';- a medical clul) in Whakatane or the engaging "1 a fourth iloetor to serve the needs ol the people on the Rungitniki Plains. It was stated that Dr. .1. 1.. Drusorhurkt, was recently appointed superintendent of the Whakatane Hospital, and Dr. Wadtnore being ill, the whole of the -work on the plains had to be attended to by Dr. Appleby. Mr. M-cCready said that doctors had called at his residence live hours’ lute owing to their being so busy. The long distances doctors had to travel on the plains was another problem which caused dissatisfaction. Charges to country patients were in accordance higher than they should 'be. Mr. Me(’ready said that one person to whom two doctors had been called was charged .fit! His for two hours’ work. The possibility of an epidemic breaking out on the plains caused much alarm, ns the service necessary would not be available. It was resolved that the council express its sympathy, and that it would lie inclined to form a committee to go into I he matter furl her.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19028, 30 May 1936, Page 15
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