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open to the criticism of wastefulness. But from the
University's point of view the system does not work
badly and the difficulties of the past seem to have
been resolved, to a very great extent, by the
compromise arrangement made in 1930. By selection
from the out-patients the clinical Professors arrange
for those cases most suitable for the purposes of
tuition to be allocated to their wards, and in practice
the Government doctors show great consideration for
the wishes of the Medical Faculty.
49. We have given much consideration to
recommendations which have been put before us (both
from inside and outside the University) that the
alinical Professors and the Medical teaching staff of
the University should be Goverment servants, i.e.
members of the Government Medical Service who se duties
would be mainly professorial. We understand that in
Singapore, mutatis mutandis, such a system is in
existence and works efficiently; but there the Medical
College is, we understand, purely a Goverment
Institution designed far the production of doctors for
service in that territory only.
50. It has been argued that not only would this
lead to less overlapping, better organization and fuller
use of Government institutions by the University, but
also to some economy and wider opportunities for members of the Government Medical Service generally. We feel
however that this would be a retrograde step to take.
There would not, we are satisfied, be any real economy
in staff inuring to either the University or the
Medical Service; and for many intangible reasons we feel
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