HOSPITAL MISHAP
PATIENT’S UNSUCCESSFUL claim:
(Per Press Association —Copyright)
AYELLINGTON, August 11
An unusual mishap in the Wellington Hospital in November last was the basis of a claim for £1212 19s fid made in the Supreme. Court to-day by Cecil Naylor Palmer, a motor mechanic, against the AYellington Hospital Board.
While attending the hospital as an -out-patient, the plaintiff slipped on a polished floor and injured his left thigh, for a previous fracture of which lie had come to receive treatment.
The jury brought in a verdict for the board. “We are all agreed it was, just an unfortunate accident;” said the foreman? 5
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1937, Page 6
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