HOSPITAL PATIENTS
COMPLAINT ABOUT NEWS OFFICIALS DENY “HUMBUG” Surprise was expressed by the chair£sl ai ?, ot the Hospital Board. Mr. W A!.‘ UaC S’ 7 es terday, when a letter was teceived Irom -Mr. E. Aldridge. Mayor of Devonport, complaining of the Issue or unsatisfactory information by the inquiry office at the Auckland Hospital. Mr. Aldridge said he had occasion to inquire regarding the condition of a patient. He had been told the patient comfortable.” and. in reply to a ?ho^ 10 ( n regarding an operation, that was “still under the anaes--H 1 '- Aldridge criticised such stereotyped information, which he described as “humbug" and “subtern,o.r'.iAa:llac<: considered it obvious ™ c ,L’ n ? Ul 7 offlce could not give TmP detail of a patient's condition. w"?,m pr ,° per bourse for Mr. Aldridge s ald ! la ' e been to see the medical ft nta nde ? t ' From inquiries made w-.s -nm,? I s und that the office staff n-ftlen, , ty , of no irregularity. The patient had actually been under the tkin^vL" 15 : u t ? e time and the information was all_that could be given.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 593, 20 February 1929, Page 10
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