DEATH OF A NURSE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 9

DEATH OF A NURSE

(BT TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Dunedin, April 22. One of the nurses at the Fever Camp Hospital, Miss Catheriiio Redwood, who came from Blenheim, died yesterday. Sho wa's a little out of sorts on Saturday, and, being ill on Sunday, though nothing serious'was apprehended, the chairman -of the Hospital Board insisted upon her being relieved of duty and treatod professionally. Dr. Fitchett attended the case, and all seemed prosperous till this morning, when a sudden change indicated danger, and Dr. Marshall Mac Donald was called in to consult. In spite of.the constant attention of the doctors the nurse sank' rapidly, and in six hours was doad. Nurse Redwood was a' nieco of Archbishop Redwood.' . ' ' . .

• ' A reporter inquired as to the report that the tents in which the nursfes and patients live are not weatherproof,' and ho learned that, while the tents do not fill nil tlio re-' quiremeuts, everything, possiblo has been done to ensure tho comfort of the people at tlio camp. ' The tents aro all, with one exception, bell tents, obtained from the Defenco Department. The two nurses slept in one, and. as they complained of too much'damp-; ncss another tent was put over the top of it, and this appeared to mako the sicoping apartment rainproof. l ' ■ Mr. Stevenson, the chairman of the Hospital Board, says that tents should never have been used, and that a house would have boon' more suitable. Ho states'that lie wasted a couple of days beforo establishing the camp in trying' to secure a suitable l]ouso,i:buV there was none available,, and the urgency of the caso_ necessitated the iinmediato ; treatment and, isolation of the patients.: No.'.exponso: was'- spared in making- the camp .com-: fortablo; 'Nurse; Redwood : Jiad' much; hard work-in connection with tho camp, and was somewhat run 'down. 'She was suffering;from' 1 a slight cold, but .never had scarlet fever,' and dreaded the thought that sho might take ,it, all of which militated against her chances of recovery. ''Nurse Leishman, another' of tlio" nurses at the scarlet fever hospital camp, was taken ill to-day, but it is hoped not very seriously;