ADVICE BY WIRELESS
» FANNING ISLAND MATERNITY CASE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) * AUCKLAND, May 13. A wireless call for medical advice and possible medical assistance was received from Fanning Island by the liner Aorangi, which arrived from Vancouver today. When the vessel was near the Equator en route from Auckland to Vancouver, a message was received stating that a woman on the island was about to give birth to a child, and owing to the doctor on the island having died two days previously no other person on the island was skilled in midwifery. The message was reported to Dr. E. O'Neill, the Aorangi's doctor, and Dr. P. S. Foster, of Christchurch, who was a passenger on board. After the two doctors had conferred, the advice required was wirelessed from the Aorangi to the island. Later on in the voyage further wireless advice was received that the birth had been a success and that mother and child were doing well.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 4
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158ADVICE BY WIRELESS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 4
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