AWFUL MISTAKE
N.Z. Woman Forcibly Taken to Mental Hospital. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 7. The 44 Daily Mail ” relates an extraordinary story of how a New Zealander, Mrs Stanley P. Broad, who is living in West London, was mistakenly conveyed to a public institution as a mental suspect. She was sitting in her home alone when, according to her own statements, she was seized by two ambulance men and forcibly taken to the institution, where she was undressed and put to bed. Her protests went unheeded until a doctor examined a visiting card in her handbag and discovered that the ambulance had been sent to the wrong address. 44 I told the men I was not the woman they asked for,” said Mrs Broad. 44 Nevertheless, I was taken in the ambulance without hat or coat. I struggled to get away and called for assistance. I was released immediately the mistake was discovered. I have received an apology, but I do not accept it. The matter is now in the hands of my solicitor.”
The 44 Sketch ” says that the ambulance men have been suspended, pending a full official inquiry.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 940, 9 December 1933, Page 1
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