BRITISH HOSPITALS
PRAISED BY DR. VALENTINE SUPERIOR TO EUROPEAN LONDON, July 22. Except the Maternity Hospital of Zurich, which he would like to See copied at Christchurch and Dunedin, the Continental hospitals do not compare with those in Britain and the Dominions for cleanliness, staff discipline, and economies of organisation and administration. said Dr. Valintine, DirectorGeneral of Health of New Zealand, after a visit of investigation of European and American hospitals. The nurses are not equal to the smart British type, who are maintaining throughout the Empire the Nightingale traditions in their highest degree. He would like to see Australia encourage that superiority by State registration similar to New Zealand’s. •
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19366, 24 July 1925, Page 11
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