Youth Going To U.S. For New Hip Joints
■ Press Association)
(Per
AUCKLAND, Dec. 20. To obtain new hip joints, Rohin Norris, aged 17, of Takapuna, will leave for Vancouver in the Aorangi on December 29, aceompanied by his father, Commander A. J. Norris, R.N. Financial ai'd by the New Zealand and Auckland 'Crippled Children .Societies -has made the trip possible."'.-.., . Com.mahder Norris said', today fha!t his sdii's hip joirLts' had S:tiff-, ened -p.y the'. uniting of the ' h'qnes. Noiinally^ ant',opera.tion was performecTin New Zealand, but in his son's case there Were complications. . "It is desirable for him "to go to Dr., M^.?>l.Smith-Petersen, of •Massachusetts general hospital, Boston," Commander Norris added. "He i$ the inventor of an operation fqrrrthis complafnt and is an .acknqvjrle^ged. world expert. in. its .exe*cu;tiph/y. , ■ ' ' . . Rob'in is, .sec'ond in the sixth form at Takapuna . Grammar Schooh
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19481220.2.16
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1948, Page 4
Word Count
139Youth Going To U.S. For New Hip Joints Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1948, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in