COUNTRY HOSPITALS
CRITICISM OF STAFFS By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, July 25. The conclusion that many country hospitals in North Canterbury are not as great a success as might be, because the staffs are too formal, was reached l.y Doctor W. Fox, Medical Superintendent of the Christchirch Hospital, after a tour of inspection. Reporting to the Hospital Board today he said the staffs lacked knowledge of the mentality of a sick person and lacked pleasing personality. “In fact, if the staffs had to earn a living for themselves, they would have to alter their attitude or starve.” He recommended that the matrons of the larger country hospitals should L . brought into the base hospital for a refresher course to prevent staleness and getting into a “dug in” attitude. The report was adopted.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19861, 26 July 1934, Page 2
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131COUNTRY HOSPITALS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19861, 26 July 1934, Page 2
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