Leg (Human)
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Hospital
Gets Incinerator
Apia Dogs Get Leg (Human)
THE lackadaisical approach towards getting essential things done, so common in Samoa, was shock ingly illustrated by a recent incident at the Apia Hospital.
A patient had his leg amputated at the hospital and that evening people living nearby were disturbed by dogs fighting in their backyard.
Sure enough they were fighting over the amputated leg which had been dragged some 300 yards from the hospital incinerator.
Recriminations flew fast and free until it was pointed out that the in cinerator was old and falling to pieces. It was quite open to wind, dogs and public gaze and it was not unusual for bandages and TB dress
ings to be blown from the in cinerator all over the hospital com pound.
Demand for a new one has been on the estimates for years but until now it has always been re f used. The missing leg finally brought things to a head and the incinerator is now protected—by a wire netting fence! —Special Correspondent.