A COMPLAINT.
(To the Editor.) Sir.—l resent very much the way my father has been' treated by those who d ihave control of the . Westland Hos- ” pital. 'About five years ago he sought _' medical advice and was then admitted r into the Hospital, but only for a short 0 time. lit was then sent to the Ross e Old Men’s Home and when that was 2 closed, he was sent to the Old Men’s s Home at Kumara, He then got worse . and after being a few weeks came home f to Rimu and his sons tried to get him i admitted into the Westland Hospital,but was refused admission and was told . he could go 'back to Kumara Old Men’s s Home where I am sorry to say he is in > a dying condition. Mv father is over i 80 years of age, has been in the colony , for over < sixty years and has always . supported the Westland Hospital in con- . tribution and when I came back from , the War it was to my sorrow to find out the way he had been treated. It Was , medical attention that he required and ( I think he was deserving of better ! [ treatment than that which he received. —I am etc., ' ■ i F. KEENAN, [ ■Returned Soldier. ' Rimu November 26th.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1919, Page 3
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216A COMPLAINT. Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1919, Page 3
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