INJURED MAN ON TRUCK

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 309, 20 July 1933, Page 4

INJURED MAN ON TRUCK

Lorry Driver's Comment NEED FOR AMBULANCE "I have never heard so -ibsurd a suggestion as to nftc pan of ;he £2KO bequest, to the hospital to bui'ld'nillars for injured men to look at as they are driven in tho gates on Irurks," was the comment made yesterday by a lorry o-wner, whose lorrv wR« commissioned to drive jn in.hi.vd man from the Stratford station lo . the Stratford Hospital.

The man had been brought i-i from Tangarakau on the afternoon . train thn journev taking 3!J houiN, nrd was suffering from injuries sustained in a mine accident at Tangarakau. On arrival at Stratford there was no taxi on the stand and the driver of the lorrv which conveyed McMinn to hospital stated that sooner than mbiect an injured man to the jolting which such a light weight would rrceive from springs and tyres meant to hear 20cwt, the attendant of the man had been requested bv him to wait for the return of a taxi to the stand. had waited from 3.30 till 4 and then had decided to use the lorry. They drove Mr. McMinn slowly to the hos<pital.

The driver said that, in recent yearn his lorry had been used frequently to drive injured persons to hospital, owing to the lack of an ambul-ince. In view of that fact- he considered it absurd that the suggestion should be made that a part of the bequest should be used for building pillars. It is explained by the Hospital Board authorities that the reason for the delay waa on account of the usual procedure of notifying the board's office not being fbl> lowed. This occurred through, an oversight at Tangarakau. The board's secretary, Mr. T. H« Penn, was not aware that the o|f ticnt was arriving, but if he h{j?l been advised a car would h&ye been waiting at the station to meet the train. '■ .