DEATH OF CHILD.
SCALDED IN A BATH. i NELSON MENTAL HOSPITAL THAGEDY. j PLACED THERE BY ANOTHER ' PATIENT. j I CORUNKH'S SKVKKE COMMKNT. I (I'.y Telegraph. — Press Associali.-n.) ! NELSON", this day. To-day the coroner. Mr. T. K. M:iun- ' sell, delivereil tlic follti\vii]*r verdict .it an inquest into the death of Ki< lia;• t Charles James Al*fonl. a fivc-year-o!t! inontal hospital patient:—'"DeceaseJi died from shock due to scald su-tainoii in a bath, having been jilaced there by a jiatient who was aide to gain access t<> the bathroom because of the bathroom door having been nejiligemlv leit nnliK-k,ed, or by obtaining the door key tlirntigli a nurse's negligence." In the course <>f a review of the evidence the magistrate said exhaustive inquiries into the trajjedy liajj failed io loveaT just how it oeoun'ed. This wat>. be de[.lured. It was difficult to see ii<jw it could have oeeuned without someone knowing the reason, and the (juestion arose whether there had been a full disclosure of the facts.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 41, 18 February 1929, Page 3
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