Fatal Denture in Man's Throat

NZ Truth, Issue 1018, 30 May 1925, Page 1

Fatal Denture m Man's Throat

Delay m Operating ■ v ■ ' ' ■ ■':-.■■' ■■''■'. . ■ .■'■ " : ' .* . ■ ;■■'.' .■■..■ - i •,■ ■ • ' ■ ■ ■■ jT ■ ■ ■ ■. - ■ * ■ After 37 Hours, Hospital Staff was Ready, but Patient Died 'Inquiry "Needed— Medical Superintendent Imputes Pereliction— Not Dunedin's First Row ■ -V- : ; ; ;.;;' ;■■/ : ■ .' .- ' ■■' , _ _L_ ' -V \ * :' :'■■:■ ! i (Fi'om "Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) '■..'. ,'■■;■••■,■ ; "the .death of a man with a denture m his throat — a man who died 37 hours after admittance to hospital, just at the mom- . ent when the staff appeared to be ready , to operate— has brought the Dunedih Hospital again under public notice, r Independent of whether the 37, hours' delay contributed to ' the man's death (or m what degree "it contributed), this loss of time, and the circumstances attending it, are a proper matter ■ for'inquiry. ' .' . • Unless a satisfactory explanation is forthcoming, Dunedin people Will no longer bej able to afford the luxury of having '..> accidents— at any rate,, not at the week-end. • ' ;