IRON LUNG"
WELLINGTQNRURCHASE
HOSPITAL! BOARD INQUIRY
-A^great ;deal; has ?been: seen in '■> the news lately; about the "iron lung" used for "certain" types of infantile paralysis ; cases. The )Wfellington' Hospital is , considering purchasing one.
At last .night's meeting of the board the superintendent (Dr. A. R. Thorne) was asked to report on the cost of obtaining a'special respirator—commonly referred-to,'as-.an "iron lung"—for. anteji'or poliomyelitis cases.
"Although^ the recent epidemic has been mostly of a mild type, there have been cases of chest paralysis," said Dr. Thorne., "It has been.found necessary in other large centres to keep on hand a special respirator, commonly referred to as an 'iron lung.' Although expensive and infrequently used, such ap'parattismay mean the-saving of a life at any time."
The cost of the respirator is stated to be between £230 and £300.
The Wellington -Aero. Club's- Whitney Straight left for Blenheim at 8.55 ajn. today, piloted by Mr. H. Edwards. It returned5 at 12.30.'p:m. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 128, 26 November 1937, Page 10
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157IRON LUNG" Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 128, 26 November 1937, Page 10
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