UNFORTUNATE FAMILY
RETURN TO SCOTLAND CHARGE ON HOSPITAL BOARD An instance of the misfortunes experienced by a Scottish family which came to New Zealand seven years ago was before the Auckland Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday. The board considered a recommendation that the wife and two children of a man who had been a hospital patient for three years should be assisted to return to Aberdeen. The chairman, Mr. W. Wallace, said the man was suffering from a chronic illness and his wife had recently been in hospital. The family had been in receipt of the board's aid. It was stated that the cost of sending the family to Aberdeen, where there were relatives, would' be about £IOO. The wife had at first been disinclined to leave the Dominion, but she had lately consented to return. It was'costing as much to keep the family each year as to return the members to Scotland.
The board agreed that there were exceptional circumstances about the case and decided to arrange for the return of the family to Scotland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 12
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