ORDERLY DISMISSED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1941, Page 10

ORDERLY DISMISSED

MONEY FROM PATIENT

BOOKMAKING AT HOSPITAL

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, April 7

An allegation of bookmaking by an orderly at the Auckland Hospital who was stated to have obtained nearly £50 from a patient suffering from cerebral haemorrhage was brought before the Hospital Board in a report from the board's complaints committee to-

night,

The committee had considered a report from the acting-medical superintendent, Dr. H. L. Gould, who stated that a sister in charge of one of the wards had received a letter from a relative of the patient. The Avriter stated that an examination of the patient's cheque book showed that four cheques amounting to nearly £50 had been drawn in favour of a named person, and it was suspected that they related to bookmaking transactions. Dr. Gould commented that the charge involved a patient suffering from cerebral haemorrhage and possibly not competent to transact business of any

The committee reported that it had interviewed the orderly concerned, who had admitted having received cheques from the patient for the purpose of placing bets on horse races. He stated that he had placed the bets with a bookmaker, but would not disclose the latter's name. He had been suspended and the committee recommended that he be dismissed from the board's service.

The report was adopted