Sanatorium For Tubercular
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Sufferers
New Health Measure in Cook Is.
From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, April 10.
PLANS are now under way in Raro tonga for the erection of a sana torium for tubercular sufferers. The incidence of tuberculosis in the Cook Islands is heavy, although decreasing owing to extended medical attention over the past few years.
The site selected for the building is on a small hill at Pokoinu, and the con struction of a road to it has already been commenced. Dr. E. P. Ellison, OBE, Chief Medical Officer in the Cook Islands, has pushed the scheme for some years, and it is understood that the necessary funds have now been provided by the New Zealand Government.