Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji.

  • Fiji. Medical Department.
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[1956]
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    1957 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FIJI COUNCIL PAPER No. 36. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (Annual Report for 1956) I—ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHMENT AND STAFF Medical Directorate The Departmental Establishment is shown at Appendix I to this Report. Dr. J. M. Cruikshank, C.M.G., O.B.E., Director of Medical Services, Fiji and Inspector- General, South Pacific Health Service, proceeded on leave in March prior to retirement. Dr. P. W. Dill-Russell, C.B.E., assumed duty as Director of Medical Services, Fiji and Inspector-General, South Pacific Health Service in October. Dr. R. W. D. Maxwell, O.B.E., Deputy Director of Medical Services, on his return from leave, acted as Director of Medical Services, Fiji, and Inspector-General, South Pacific Health Service from March to October, then proceeded on pre-retirement leave. He has since taken up appointment as Deputy Director of Health, Western Samoa. Dr. W. H. McDonald, M.B.E., acted as Deputy Director of Medical Services from March. 2. Senior Staff Changes—Appointments, Transfers, etc.— Dr. L. G. Poole, who acted as Deputy Director of Medical Services during Dr. Maxwell’s absence on leave, left on transfer to Nigeria in January. Dr. C. H. Gurd, Physician Specialist, proceeded on combined study-vacation leave in June. Mr. R. I. Cohen, Surgeon Specialist, returned from leave in November having completed a course in Thoracic Surgery. Dr. W. L. I. Verrier, Senior Medical Officer, proceeded on vacation leave in March, on taking up a World Health Organization Travelling Fellowship in Mathematical Statistics. He returned via Geneva and India and resumed duty in September. Mr. R. E. Shaw, who acted as Surgeon Specialist during Mr. Cohen’s absence, was seconded to British Solomon Islands Protectorate in December. He subsequently accepted a transfer as Surgeon Specialist to Sierra Leone. Dr. P. J. Daly was appointed Ophthalmologist in March. Dr. H. E. Knowles returned from vacation and study leave and was appointed Radiologist in November. Dr. M. Gosden, O.B.E., Pathologist, returned from leave in December to continue service on contract terms. Dr. L. A. Phillips, Anaesthetist, arrived in November. Four Medical Officers were recruited during the year. One Medical Officer returned to Canada having completed his agreement. Dr. W. Worger, who was first appointed to the Colony in 1929 and who was re-employed, died in September. Dr. G. D. Murphy returned to the Colony in December and resumed duty as Medical Officer-in-Charge, Tamavua Hospital. LEGISLATION 3. Legislation of medical interest was as follows:— 1955 Legal Notice No. 7, Suva (Hairdressers and Chiropodists) By-Laws. 1956 Legal Notice No. 46, Lautoka (Hairdressers and Chiropodists) By-Laws. 1956 Legal Notice No. 60, Amends Quarantine Regulations. 1956 Legal Notice No. 98, Rabi Island (Infectious Diseases) Regulations. 1956 Legal Notice No. 99, Rabi Island (Buildings, Villages and Sanitation) Regulations. 1956 Legal Notice No. 108, Customs Duties Ordinance to permit free entry of surgical dressings and the more important drugs in use in general practice. 1956 Legal Notice No. 120, Revokes Regulation 5 of the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Regulations. This Regulation which empowered the Medical Officer-in-Charge of a Hospital to impose fines on subordinate staff was revoked on the advice of the Secretary of State. A new Medical Practitioners Registration Ordinance has been drafted and will receive its first reading at the first Session of Legislative Council in 1957.