NURSE'S MISTAKE.
<B» . CAUSES DEATH OF HOSPITAL PATIENT. : Cbzfstebarch, Aug. 29. At the inque.it yesterday into the oeatti of Violet ifooica Ssalnioad, aged ■■», headijii-tre.-,, of the 1 Craighead Diocesaa School, Timaru, while a patient "» St- George's Hospital, the Coroner returned, a verdict; I _ f bat death was. caused by alkaloldal j possoiwng dae to coeaine whisa was jgiyen- by mistake instead of neo cocaine ;j»jtti"«ted -round the'tonsils of 'deceased prior to an operation for removal. Bb W*me is attached to the operating surg'eoa.s.,>. ■-:. :.j : , '■ •-.."
A nurse gave evidence that'jshe fail- « , l £\ l tlw °P««»»«f sorgeon, x»r. 1. a. M'-AMh'M, ."L-ioted. .tteo-eo.eai.Be and',when he:asked for an anaesthetic in a fringe she 'put, cocaine and adrenaHn ,n , t and handed the' syringe -t« the doctor who started Laie-tin* On the bottle was s label "FoVlocat application and not for ixjj e «i«.» Mumm the labelproperty or she would have known not to «J e it. (J /«. r " - J f >loo <« ia evidence said-:ja^on,ly,-,e«i»ia.BirtiMt: that the nurse waa'flmried and did not understand that, the cocsaiae-adreaalia ' *K etiow. I sptdiy ; ,.ii.e&.e«eaiße.'»
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Otaki Mail, 1 September 1930, Page 2
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