Desperate Efforts To Save Life Of Child
WELLINGTON, April 29. v. Desxierate jefl'orts" ure being -made tsave the lire of a 31-year-bld girl from Wairoa wh.o is .npw in the. ellington Ilospital WTtli hri'fr'' uushelled pcaiuit m oue of hei.'-'lungs, 'Hhd is Bar'bara Stead, daughter of Mv.' and 'JTrs. Eaine Btead,of Prazertown, Wairoa. When it was found that the pearuu had lodged ip the girl's bronchial traet on Tuesday, she was rushed 90 miles b;. taxi from Wairoa to the Napier PubUi Ilospital. During an operation to rc cover the. peanut, the obstruction move . down to the lung and the child's condtion quickly deteriorated. All Tues day night and Wpdnesday she was keut alive in an oxygen tent. This morning her condition showed some improvotneir and she was transferred by the Napie. Free Ambulauce to the . Wellington Public . Hospital. She will be ofieratc-'! on tomorroAv morning if her condition permits. Tonight it was stated to.'b still serious. A medical authoritv to who in "the case jvas ref erred, . pointe,: out that a p_eanutr if iuhaled, coul.i prove very dangerous as the husl: o'f tli nut would be likely to break int' numerous small pieees.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1948, Page 2
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