Relief Worker's Case.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 925, 21 November 1933, Page 8

Relief Worker's Case.

Dear Sir, —For twenty-nine yeaTs I have had ear trouble, and at intervals have been compelled to undergo treatment at the hospital. Thirteen months ago I started on relief work, but after eleven months I was put off and told that I was to be sent to a camp. My ears were giving me trouble, so I told the officer in charge that I could not go to a camp. He referred me to Dr Fcx, who refused to examine my ears, and said that I was fit for light work. I did not go to camp, and a week later my ears became so bad that I was forced to go to the hospital for treatment. Every day since then I have had to have my ears treated, and there is but little sign of improvement. I saw Mr Bailey on Saturday, but he still says I have to go to camp. This is impossible, as the hospital will not allow me to treat mv ears myself.—l am, etc., RELIEF WORKER. Dr Fox stated yesterday that he has passed the writer as fit fey light work, but it was not his responsibility to say what work he should receive. Mr R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the Labour Bureau, stated that no man in need of daily medical attention would be asked to go to camp Ed., “Star.”