MOTOR-CAR VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL
. “The frequency of road accidents is causing a serious disturbance of hospital bed accommodation. Beds that were intended and are needed for the sick poor are occupied by (ho victims of motor cars. We bear of hospital wards where there is no room for appendix cases because all the beds are occupied with accident eases. Again, the finances of the hospitals are disturbed. Funds that wore given by benefactors lor the sick poor are diverted to tho relief of those well able to pay for their treatment or for whom insurance should provide. The doors of the hospitals are lightly ever open to the call of tho injured, whether he has fallen amongst thieves or has been mangled hv a car. But. unlike tho good Samatnrinn. who paid his twoponee lo the innkeeper for the care of the injured stranger, these concerned wit'll tbe victims of motor smashes lon. rarely remember the cost to th- h- spital. and the skill and care of the Ims--I’ifnl doctors.” “British Medical Journal.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1927, Page 4
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173MOTOR-CAR VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1927, Page 4
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