MISSING X-RAY FILMS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 34, 24 February 1937, Page 4

MISSING X-RAY FILMS

Fleeting Keierences in Court Case NAPIER HOiPliAL MYSTERY Echoes of the .disappearance of certain X-ray fiims from the Napier Public Hospital and .their gubsequent mysterious reappearance after a police investigation nad been instituted were heard faintly in the Supreme Court at ■Napier yesterday during the hearing of a ciaim for damages. As five doctors were present in the courtroom and several X-ray films produced were those connected with the stir at the hospital, many fleeting references by counsel and witnesses did not laek significance. The first reference to tne occurrence was made by Dr. J. Allan Berry, who said in evidenee that he had been unable recently to obtain the Alma for inspection. The significance became more pronounced, however, when, misunderstanding a question by Mr C. W. Nash as to whether the films were always available, the radiologist at the Napier Public Hospital, Dr. F. N. Harvey, repliedf "Oh, no. They were the subjeet of an " When it was made clear that Mr Nash's question referred to a later date, Mr H. B. Lusk murmured: "That's not the first time they'v© been missing." Smiles on the faces of those present indieated that these obsefvatioim had not gone unnoticed.