Visit of Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, was in Egypt from 15 May to 8 June and he made extended visits to the New Zealand hospitals and to all New Zealand patients in British hospitals. He expressed to the DDMS 2 NZEF, Matron-in-Chief 2 NZEF, and officers commanding the units his very high appreciation of the medical arrangements made and of the standard of care given to the sick and wounded. He emphasised that, as Minister of Health, he had been in the habit of visiting institutions in New Zealand and interviewing patients, and considered it noteworthy that nowhere throughout 2 NZEF medical units had he received any complaint.