A CHILD'S DEATH
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES (For Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The death of a child, Jean Ethel Graves, 10, at the public hospital, on Trigsday was investigated at an. inquest beto're 'Mr. E. Page, S.M., to-day. Dr. Lynch, pathologist, stated that in his opinion death was due to peritonitis following internal "ulcerations. Dr. Hottqn. a house surgeon, said tha,t filter th'o, operation a. .saline in.; jection was given tho patient by a nurse. Later the night sister reported that tho child's body had been burnt by the salirje. He ordored the necessary treatment, but the child failed to rally, despite blood transfusion, and died early next morning. He considered the apparatus efficient, and had never heard of a similar instance before. Dr. Usher said death was wholly due to saline burns, and suggested that in future the temperature of the solution should bo rcdluced. Evidence was given that the nurse who had given the injection was reliable, and that she had given many similar injections. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 13
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173A CHILD'S DEATH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 13
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