DEATH IN HOSPITAL.
RESULT OF SALINE BURNS,
(Per Press Association.) ' WELLINGTON, Dec. 6. The death of a child, Jean Ethel Graves, aged 10, in the public hospital on Tuesday, was investigated at the inquest before Mr Page, S.M., today..
Doctor Lynch, pathologist, stated that, in his opinion, death was due to peritonitis, following internal ulcerations. ‘
Doctor Batton, house surgeon, said that after the operation a saline injection was given to the patient by the nurse. Later in the night- the sister reported that the child’s body had been burnt by the saline. He ordered the necessary treatment, but the child failed to rally, despite / blood transfusion, and died early next morning. He considered the apparatus efficient, and stated that he had never heard of a similar instance before.
Doctor Fisher said that death was w-holly due to saline burns, and suggested that in ;future the temperature of the solution should be reduced. 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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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 7
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180DEATH IN HOSPITAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 7
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