STRANGE FATALITY.
MAN WITH FRACTURED WALKS FBOM HOSPlx^ CORONER'S STRONG COMMENT (By Tclesraph.-Press Aeoefctia,,, DUNEDIN this fc, At the inquest on Thomas P«attieK-'* aged 42, a married man, who denly hist Wednesday afte r d from hospital following less than hours' treatment for a fractured W *? coroner criticised the fact that the was allowed to walk from the hoe D it»?r his home, a distance of 300 yards m!*/ rally condemning what he described the casual manner of discharw art™* i in this case. He added that flh? fortunate the medical evidence shmrS that walking had no direct bearim- ll the cause of death, which resulted ho a clot of blood dislodged from the anil reaching the left lung through til general circulation. s *• The wife's evidence showed that it to*' deceased over an hour to walk home
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 172, 22 July 1924, Page 4
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