Auckland Doctor Flies To Great Barrier
[Special to “Northern Advocate.”! AUCKLAND, This Day. One of the doctors from the Auckland Public Hospital made an air trip to Great Barrier Island yesterday in response to an urgent call for medical aid. Squally weather was encountered on both the outward and return journeys.
Flying up the coast against headwinds, the machine took 50 minutes to reach the island, where it landed
on the aerodrome which is in the course of construction. The adverse weather made it necessory to return to Auckland along the Coromandel peninsula coast, adding about 20 miles to the journey, which was, nevertheless, made in 40 minutes owing to the following wind.
The doctor was Dr. B. W. Grieve, and the patient was the two and a half years old daughter of Mr J. Gates, who is employed by the Public Works Department on the island. She is suffering from pneumonia, and was in such a condition that it was thought inadvisable to remove her.
Dr. Grieve attended several other cases during his visit. He said that Great Barrier Island had not escaped the measles epidemic, and one of the schools was closed. All the patients were progressing well.
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Northern Advocate, 11 July 1938, Page 8
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