AUCKLAND HOSPITAL ENQUIRY

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2902, 19 February 1891, Page 2

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL ENQUIRY

Tin-: i!i• iu;i'y into the charges nude bv probation.;' A:.•" ndi ag.'ius;-, lb'. Collins of the, Auckland 11-'.-pilal, :> s tolh' Ire-.t-mentor f.V'i !>'!.ie:,t-, -Hairy who h id his hand crn-lie), ami Miav n/i ' wiio-c le-' was erusiia I, -in ilitt i 1 : Mi' i■ ■ i:, w,s reooened before 1 von Mil" eh and Sir I!. M amice < > llorke, o:i i\.o: • e.i v ! o-i, : nd i< >l.ili coillln'liiiir. -Mi-'* Ainibaa Wis r\amine 1 at considerable lo:i ;!ll awl olliri"d to li.T fill ' I!>:»!' 11,-i'iier .•!' t!to men, both of wleen 'li s! had h.id pi"P'T alient'ou, the ble. "ding of Kerry's hmd n being slopped, while in:'! Ml" in ''ti McKenzi''s leg, due to negl-'c!, and when i' was amputated tin; whole oi the gangrenous portion had llot b-'en i einovci. Miss l.lixon who was the nurse in charge of the accident ward said that she did n d attach mii"h eoiisefuience to Ij-rry's bleeding as he w.ig cold when brought in, and the bleeding would inereas as he warm. !.)i\ Collins was iu the ward several times to see IWry. <ta |-I n• • se'. in m McKenzii;s lf'U r S'unp, Jays alter his admission. She i it by the smell which at the. time "f Lli p amputation was ;is h;id as it e >uh-! hi'. Kroin llm tiin« «»f the anipiK. ition the as far as she knew, was n<»t drosnetl until tin; day lie flie 1 tlnve days later. The head nurse, Miss in her evidence said both the eh..d h..d t>:» • n treated in a careful and prnp-M' luann' i', and after the operatitm Mclveime's lejr did not appear in any way dilforent tn \vh:tL a lc«,'would after iin opnration. Mis< r)oii«s supported the statements of Lhe head nurse. Dr. Collins, wh<» was exan.iniMl ;it s«»in«> length, said that ho had Liken all precautions that he considered necessary with regard to Horry's ease but tho man was suffering from a >everc sh >ck which luleu itied the bleeding. 11 hand had amputated ;ifter consultation with I >r. Imuic! and aftrr the np.u'ali»»n 1» mi y va'ilied ;i Utile but died sh-oily afteiward- of e>; hail iti.»n t'n-iii hock by In ttriliiu' ea-e ho had don--evei'ylhi.'i.s' t oaL wa-; nrce-aiy. Ai!

sr.spica-os looking pit a! the t ill]' l - ul Ih" ainj>uV »ti• ai wei e l:: 11 :i\v .y a:id after Mi-* ..porali"M tin; ni. nwt- in lev* pain. Tw<» days ;>llt r 1.11'* "ii-_TaUni» hemniorrhage, due to the deMrnying the l«lo.,d *el in and the nnn di'd mi tho following day from nj-i't! tiaumntic -a.reading

<.'an,'ier.e. lbs. I'hilson an-1 lloep-jr, both Mil-yens o! repv.r.p, were present at the amputation, and they were in ■;.!)

satisfied with it. I *rs. Hooper and Philson in their evidence supported Dr. Collins.

Aivm.avh, Laiit Night. Tno enquiry is »tii! taking cvi deuce,