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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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