§ 36. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies where the proposed medical training school is to be established in Tanganyika Territory; what grades of native assistant it is intended to train there; for what periods of time training will be given; whether natives trained in the new institution will be ear-marked for Government service or available for mission hospitals as well: and whether the proposed scheme follows generally that established by Colonel Keene at Mulago, in Uganda?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe school is for the purposes of further training of African dispensers and sanitary inspectors, and aims at producing eventually a grade of African sub-assistant surgeons. No information on the other points mentioned has been received.
§ Miss RATHBONEWill the hon. Member also inform us whether it is proposed to train women as medical officers and hospital assistants, and in view of the grave scarcity of such trained women in that Colony, will he use his influence to see that this suggestion is considered?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, I will be glad to take the hon. Lady's suggestion into consideration.