SHORTAGE OF NURSES
BRITISH HOSPITAL’S LONDON, Jan. 23. Because of the grave shortage of nurses, Battersea Maternity Hospital, S.W., may have 1o close, said Dr. G. MacDonald, Battersea’s Medical Officer of Health. “There is a national shortage of nurses, ancl the reason is not difficult to find,” he said. “Nurses get a mere pittance as wages. The hours are often too long. “They have to wait until they are 21 before they start training. This means another four years before the girl has finished her training and becomes a nurse.
“The job is much too chill-looking these days to attract young women. “There is a lot of talk of doing something about it. Something should be done. Only people who are really in love with nursing will suffer the present-day conditions in England. “In a national emergency they will be crying out for nurses. If we are to be prepared, now is the time to improve the nurses’ lot.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 7
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