TREATMENT OF. MEMBERS AT HOSPITALS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12941, 4 December 1909, Page 5

TREATMENT OF. MEMBERS AT HOSPITALS.

LEGISLATIVE .PR.OPQSALS STRUCK •OUT OF NEW BILL.

', .Fuither,.CiOߣtideratioEk waa given.i3y.4hei Legislative Council to-cl a y to Clause # 72' of the Hospital and Cnaritabks Institutions, Bill. The • clause gives "Boards pWer' td T make agreements for special terms as to maintenance in 'hospitals of members of Friendly „Societies.

The Hon. Dr Collins again attacked the ' clause, - and said it - was quite inappropriately included in the Bill and was en- « tirely opposed to the admirable spdit of * the Bill. An enormous amount of- work ' was done gratuitously in Wellington.-^Be-sides doing a great deal of work rtsH.e hospitals on j the. .honorary staffs, Ih^ doctors qi Wellington attended free of charge to cases at the Obiro Home for the Aged •aad'--Wf^sJ^Sf^Sfi^J^^Tt'a Home, f the Home of Compassion, the Orphanage > in. Hill Street, St. Vincent "De Paul's Society, the, Presbyterian Orphanage, the Levin- Honie, the Salvation Army's Maternity "Some, and the , Home for Boys, and GHflpj »Hd*,p*eihap3 others. The clause was quite oui> of -jpla'ce in the Bill. I"he "Hon- J. 8,. Sinclair agreed with Dr Collins. - ' ' , n The Hon. O.sSalriuel objected to' tne " elusion, of, the clause in. the' Bill. He re r I •Cognised that the Friendly Societies were ? doing a grand' and noble work; and that • they, had relieved the .State of many obli- '* gations, but it was -wrong to legislate for a section of the. community. .. The JEfoxu -.&. *~J-. Smith took a similar $ view. Why not, he asked; .accord the same privileges - to- labour Unions, .all of which | were justs' as 'anxious to'loqk after theii sick or- poor as the Friendly. Societies, and maty of which had sick benefit, funds?' "> The Hon; J-, B. Caltan,said there was no wfed vftiatevfclf for "the,, clause. " i The lion. J../McGow j an 1 considered the clausfe a blemish^ cm tlie whole Bill, and' befotie he wouhjkvote 4 f/KE it he would see » the *,whole. BilfcJsacnfioejL. Friendly Societies were Unicjns, and .whyj should not • all Unions be given a preference? If the principle of preference , was to be-con-ceded chronic cases would be foisted on .the hospitals wholesale, . .The Hon. C. M. Lukp thought the clause would have a .bad effecir.>if it " were passed, all -sorts .of combinations would demand similar concession. • ' The honorary staffs would soon cease' to exist,- and the hospitals'would be faced with^he necessity of meeting a largely-increased expenditure. , The Attorney-General defended J;he clause. He said; that no one would deny the heroic independence' of Friendly Societies in all - parts bf "the world, and their abhorrence of "sponging" in any shape or form. The, clause was not intended to give members of Friendly 'So^ cieties better conditions * than should be given, but to place w the cofiere-of fh©' country a larger amount than would otherwise be received at present. Half, or at all events, one-third, of the members ; of aya v Friendly Society who went into an hospital did not pay. That showed the advantage the country would receive by passing the clause.

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