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Tuberculosis Dispensary, diagnosis Centre where a decision is
made as to whether the patient is tubercular ; the tubercular patient
and the doubtful case where more detached observation is necessary to
make a diagnosis if they are willing to accept sanatorium benefit will be
sent to a Secondary Centre. Here they will be watched and a decision
made as to the best form of sanatorium treatment in each case.
Inasmuch as the number of physicians sorting the cases will be
much reduced, it is obvious that the selection will be to better advantage;
therefore the early case of the disease will probably be able to make a
longer stay and have u better chance of recovery.
But unless the number of beds available is materially increased we
have to consider what will be the effect of this on the advanced cases :
one can only think that it must mean reduced accommodation for them.