NURSE’S DEATH.
ALLEGATIONS REFUTED. The recent death of Nnre Edith Mary Paynter, of the Porirua Mental Hospital staff, and its attendant circumstances were the subject of a lengthy inquiry last month, when several nurses alleged that there had been negligence in her treatment and that she had been forced to work when in an unfit condition. These charges were, refuted in a reserved judgment delivered in the Court at W/ellington yesterday by Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M. The judgment concluded: — “In the result, therefore, I find that: (1) Owing to the lack of up-to-date facilities and arrangements for sick nurses, Miss Paynter was, during her illness, left alone aJ good deal, and there is evidence that ho food supplied to her at times lacked daintiness and tempting qualities; (2) that each of the other specific complaints is .definitely disproved; and (3) that during her illness Miss Paynter Was treated with skill and kindness.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3914, 5 March 1929, Page 3
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153NURSE’S DEATH. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3914, 5 March 1929, Page 3
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