Radio New Zealand highlights findings published in the New Zealand Medical Journal that the deaths of “many” First World War soldiers from the country could have been “prevented”.
Lead researcher Associate Professor Nick Wilson, from Otago University, highlighted “grossly inadequate” medical services, and that while they improved over the course of the conflict, so did the type of weapons and injuries they could inflict. Better evacuation also helped, but casualties’ destinations resulted in varying qualities of treatment.
To read the full article, visit the Radio New Zealand website here.
Date of article publication: 01/11/2013
Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News