CASES FOR “IRON LUNG”
TWO PATIENTS REMOVED FROM PALMERSTON NORTH [ Per Pres Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 13. An unexpected demand for “iron lung” treatment for two patients at the Palmerston North Hospital, which is not yet equipped with an “iron | lung,” resulted in special arrangements being made for the transport of the two patients, a woman and a boy, ; to centres where the necessary apparatus was immediately available. The woman was brought to Auckland by train and admitted to the I Auckland Hospital, where she is reported to be making satisfactory progress, and the boy was taken to Wellington to enable special treatment to be applied. Two doctors accompanied ‘he woman patient on her journey to Auckland to be sure that she suffered no ill effects and to watch her condition carefully. Oxygen was administered to the patient throughout the journey, which she made in a sleep- ; ng car, and other special treatment was also given. She is reported to (have stood the journey well. On [arrival at Auckland the train was met | by the ambulance and the transfer of the patient from the train to th? rmIbulance was carried out successfully ' with the utmost care, and the woman 'admitted to hospital. - _
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 7
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201CASES FOR “IRON LUNG” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 7
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