§ 38. Mr. FORRESTasked the Minister of Pensions whether any tuberculous ex-service men have been sent for their health to Switzerland to undergo the Spahlinger treatment or otherwise; and, if so, what are the Replications with respect to the selection of such cases?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)A few cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have been sent to sanatoria in Switzerland by the Ministry. The cases selected are those in which the Department is satisfied, on the advice of their experts in tuberculosis, that treatment abroad is essential and that equally good results cannot be expected from the facilities available in this country. I am informed that the Spahlinger treatment referred to has in fact been given in certain cases as an incident of their sanatorium treatment, but the resulting evidence as to the value of the treatment has not, in the opinion of my medical advisers, justified the sending of patients at the public expense expressly for this form of treatment.