§ 43. Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there are any fully-qualified ophthalmic specialists in the service of the Government of Nigeria; and whether the service of such specialists is available to inhabitants of the Colony.
§ Colonel StanleyA Government medical officer fully qualified in ophthalmology has been attached to the Nigerian Government and his services have been available to the public at the Government Ophthal- 923 mic Clinic. I understand that he will shortly be leaving Nigeria and I am inquiring of the Governor as to the arrangements which he proposes then to make. Mr. Sorensen: Has he any assistants adequate to the task?
§ Colonel StanleyHe has assistants, I think, but there is in Nigeria, I understand, only one other fully qualified practitioner.
§ Mr. RileyDoes not the right and gallant Gentleman consider it advisable that there should be a greater supply of ophthalmic assistants in Nigeria with its 20,000,000 people?
§ Colonel StanleyThe hon. Gentleman must realise that there is an extreme scarcity of medical practitioners all over the world to-day, and I am governed, not by what I desire to have, but by what I can get.