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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4700, 20 April 1894, Page 2

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At a meeting of tho Wellington Branch of tho New Zealand Medical Association, the recent case at Petor.o —in which a Maori woman died in childbirth, an inquest on the case being held—was taken into consideration, The following resolutions wero passed ;-Moved by Dr. Anson, seo« onded by Dr. Wallace Mackenzie—|(a). "That this Association is of | opinion that Dr. Lamb was justified in refusing to attend the Maori .woman when first called upon on Friday, seeing that another medical man was available j (b) that this association considers that in cases of life and death • no practitioner should teiuse to assist another practitioner, whatever teims they may be on, but that in this case Dr. Lamb, though refusing tar;lmth L Dr. Scanlon, did all thafdjSUty required." Moved Mackenzie, and seconded bv Dr Whitehead, "That the Medical Association begs to draw the attention of'the Government'to the' : fact. that Ibe hioney which used' to 1 be paid fob medicalrelieffor the'natives:has in great pilrf, if not entiroly,';beou with, held during late year&, cimthry to the'promise of tjie New' fealanii Government tb the' prnish men't when the obar|py was oe'd to mk that this moßewt^^fl

stored to its legitimate purpose." Moved by Dr Chappie, and seconded by Dt Teate," That these resolutions bo banded to tlio press l "