WHEN THE DOCTOR PAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 182, 3 August 1929, Page 8

WHEN THE DOCTOR PAYS.

OLimiuense importance, to .the'mcchcakprdfes-Sionsis-'a- .l'tcent ..cusp in; tlio 'JSasthoum'e^Court, brought against, a doctor Jtfr -taxi/ hir# for a The car/waaf called "by the .doctor, at the patient's ,'teguesl/and klfcliaugh/ and. was in rio fyjthe) aiegd of raedicAl attention,. a nurse accompanied his rclativea and^*frieiid?' v refused to pay for tlie :u%e'~or the caiy •the. car sued,the/'doci!or.V •;the doctor l(iai ; layr^; ; |he;^g^i^f :patient arid.nn&de an. : . dr'dctvi: against• dcwfipr. The doctor appealed t\\ice;:ajfd"in ; "b6thv ; the'- Court •Upheld the .deci&iQn,- an.d. ;th«fdoctpr lia,d to pay tJre k hire' .(j£s.) legal coiti ■ Th is: is v a" tlqetor i lmjiiv sudlv {circumstances-.- els' compelled ' to>,iiiciii - expense for'rthband' . .'liis.patieijit: "(perhaps uhct>Ugt'iot)S}l hK (anl sp rjiily \Vltlt 'the r^i)&>v,ledge a ;anay ' .'lose ,'not' only his'jfee i JiappertSi|;. but- have' to pay r; should>nghtly;patient's bills. ■ The profession 4s. famous for patience andi, altruism .iii' fiiiaiicial_ a.ffaivs, hut-in? ■viewvof this legal; wying it setons:'that'' eacfi ,bne£ {pj, US -should carry a .special purse iru.a; i spe : cifll < ; pocket , for thenmc .of the >doetari|whojlia f attend us whom accidentally in need of medical help away-from homej and friends. :; H.A.Y; |