THE McKENZIE CASE

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17103, 26 March 1921, Page 6

THE McKENZIE CASE

FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE,

In connexion with the discussion at the Hospital Board on Wednesday, m connexion with the application of R. S. McKenzie, for tho admission- of his father, Donald McKenzie, to the hospital, the following correspondence preceded tho letter to which the Board took exception:—

Mr SlcKemio-s application on lx-half of Lis father wjs lontuiiii'd in a '.ctter to the lioard <laie<l February loth, which contained tlie following:—"EnoWcd please find application fcr Donald Mcl&onzi? for admission to the hospital as a chronic patient, as pointed out 'to Mr Horrell, cliairman of your iioaid, on Monday last. The wile of applicant, my mother, is on the verge of a neivous collar):*, and any day may break djwn undv'r the strain of nursing her husband. I would therefore esteem it a great i",iv-,nr if your Board could act as quickly as possible in this matter."

The reply to the application . was as follows: ~'"i he Beard is prepared to admit your father, Donald McKcnzie, .to the homo lit Asliburton, if you give a guarantee in writing that the weekly payment to bo made shall be 30s per week, including the old age pension." 4 The miitter was brought up in the report of the Benevolent Institutions Committee, which said:—"A letter h;i3 been received from Mr R. St. Clair McKenzie concerning un application which he made for ll;o admission of his father to one of tho Boaid's institutions. A copy of the letter is attached hereto, so that, tho Board may !)o Made aware of the attitude which certain prisons take up when the relief offered by the Board does not altogether accord with, the wishes of the applicant."