MEDICAL ADVICE

Grey River Argus, 14 May 1935, Page 4

MEDICAL ADVICE

Radioed to Island TO ASSIST AT A BIRTH. (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND. May 13. A wireless call for medical advice, and possibly medical assistance, wa? received from Fanning Island by the liner Aorangi, which arrived front Vancouver to-day. 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 to Dr. P. S. Foster, passenger on board. After the two doctors had consulted together, the advice required was wirelessed from the Aorangi to the Island Later on the voyage, further wireless advice was received that the birth had been a success, and that the mother and child were doing well.