Bedpans
"We're having a whip round for Susan Wood. TVNZ are trying to cut her salary by one hun...
Date: 2005
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0000404
Description: The scene takes place in a hospital ward where we see a large nurse attending to a patient who is on a bedpan. Into the ward rushes a pretty young nurse who breathlessly tells the sad tale of TVNZ news presenter, Susan Wood's threatened loss of $100,000 of salary. The nurse with the bedpan asks the young nurse to wait for her to finish her task and then she will presumably get her purse and contribute to the whip round. Susan Wood in fact won her court case and did not have her salary reduced. There was a lot of indignation at the insensitivity of such huge salaries being in contention when most people manage on one tenth of what Susan Wood is earning. There is a comment here also on the generosity and altruism of many people, especially nurses, as here. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Mr Peters seems to be on the mend, he rang for a felt-tip pen and bed-pan and drew pic...
Date: 2006
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0002123
Description: The scene shows a large nurse outside a hospital private room with a 'Keep out' notice on the door. She is commenting to an unseen audience that Winston Peters, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, seems to be on the mend as he is drawing pictires of journalists on the inside of his bedpan. Refers to Winston Peters' stay in hospital because of a spider-bite and also the spat between Winston Peters and the journalists who were with him in Washington during his July 2006 visit. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Right! Which one of you wanted the bed pan?" 21 May, 2007
Date: 2007
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0006492
Description: Shows a nurse with a bed pan in one hand standing next to a hospital bed which has four men lying in it. Above the bed is a sign 'ED' (Emergency Department?). Refers to the lack of hospital beds for patients. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Are they short of nurses?" "Empty my bed pan then I'll tell ya!" 11 August, 2007
Date: 2007
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0006490
Description: Shows two men lying in hospital beds. One asks if there is a shortage of nurses. The other replies that if he empties his bedpan that he will tell him. Refers to the shortage of nurses. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).