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Mother, Baby Taken To Hospital
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 11. A St John Ambulance carrying four doctors and a considerable amount erf equipment raced 35 miles to Helensville and back to Auckland in Ihr 35mln early yesterday morning to take a seriously ill maternity patient to the National Women’s Hospital. The call came at 3.55 a.m. and the woman was in the Auckland Hospital at 6.30 a.m. Within 12 hours, however, the ambulance was speeding back to Helensville to get the woman’s baby, which had suddenly become very ill. Again, in about the same time it took to get the mother to Auckland the baby was in the National Wdmen’s Hospital being given special care. Both are reported to be progressing today.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29178, 12 April 1960, Page 24
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