Dr. Thieme Appointed
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From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Dec. 17
DR. H. THIEME has been appointed to the Medical Ser vice of Western Samoa.
His appointment has followed months of delay, and agitation on the part of the residents of the Territory. Dr. Thieme gained his
medical degrees in Germany and they are not normally recognised in British countries. However, Dr.
Thieme is Samoan-born, the Terri tory was in desperate need of medical men and local sentiment was that here was a case in which official red tape could be dispensed with.
The NZ Government has passed an amendment to the regulations
covering medical appointments Western Samoa. It is now left the discretion of the Medical Cou cil of NZ whether a doctor wi foreign medical degrees be pe mitted to practise in the Territoi Dr. Thieme s appointment brin the number of medical officers Apia Government Hospital to fh In addition, a Dutch surgeon is e pected to arrive shortly.