Embolism victim still serious
1 A Palmerston North wo'lman was still seriously ill ■ last evening after receiving emergency treatment in the new recompression chamber at Princess Margaret Hospital three days ago. Mrs Colleen Hales, aged 39, was flown to Christchurch in an Air Force Andover aircraft on Thursday evening after she had suffered an air embolism during an opera- . tion. , Doctors worked in the recompression chamber i throughout Thursday night to i save her life. It was the first I time the chamber had been i used. Mrs Hales was transferred : on Saturday to the intensive- • care unit at Christchurch II Hospital. i -
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Press, 1 October 1979, Page 6
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