MISS PORTER'S DEATH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 May 1923, Page 7

MISS PORTER'S DEATH.

9 — FINDINGS OF THE BOARD. The Wellington Hospital Board, which considered the evidence given in the! recent public inquiry regarding the death of Miss Phyllis Porter, who died from burns received at the Grand Opera ' House, made the following findings :—! I (1.) That the attendant house surgeon ' erred in sending the patient to the; I Children's Hospital without making [ more definite inquiries concerning the : condition and age of the patient; al- i though it is clear that he had been' misled in being informed the patient was a child. (2.) That he erred in al- ! lowing so much time to elapse before ' he made a proper examination of the patient, and should have advised Ward 2to lie prepared. (3). That the position of Dr. Baird on the Hospital staff be dealt with at the meeting of the hoard next Thursday, 24th instant. (4) That the evidence of Dr. Wilson, the Medical Superintendent, showed that the extent of the burns were so serious that recovery was hopeless from the outset.—Wellington Post.