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Ailltil-neofthcstice.ntlt;2n-tlieit•Id.:rcicr.:et.ns-•orles,sesI-tcd my jht mg s a ent on-l Iin'soveentgo,ingthe-pot,riceoil*TOLIfSTLYtkfs.jnJHeroic Nursing.r-:':aIN THE GIPPSLAND RANGESThe 'conditions governing the* : duties of the bush nurse constitute • • an interesting study in contrast with the comforts of city life, says .. an exchange. A young man named : ;yr”\Matthew Ross, soon after arriving ' 7at Wonnangatta Station, in the Gippsland district, Victoria, became ill with rheumatic fever. The only ' ,* •'person on the station was the manager, who did everything possible for the patient. On the fifth day •.the patient gradually became worse.The manager decided to ride to Ta.lj* bolville, twenty-five miles - distant.He reached TaLbotville at 4 p.m. on tlie Sunday. .• Word was sent .on to Dargo, where the Bush Nursing AssociaJ-tion’s representative (Nurse Dunne} is stationed.. .Accompanied by thirteen horsemen tea£cr the outback settlers are, to render .assistance to those in distress')* Nunse Dunne, set out for Wonnangatta Sta- / tion that .afternoon, where they arrived at noon the following day.*The nurse decided to take the patient to the Gippsland Hospital at Sale. Next day by. candle light, in pouring rain and a rising river to cross, the patient was placed on a horse, and the party, consisting of the nurse and about a score of horsemen, accompanied him’ on the tedious journey. The track was blazed 'by the party as they proceeded. The weather was bitterly, cold, and the party’s discomfort was intensified by the driving sleet, which, with the mountain fog, prevented the members of the party, seeing twenty yards ahead • or to the rear of them. . To obviate if -yr possible spending the night on tho mountains the patient was allowed to ride as far as he. could down and along the mountain steeps. At' the summit a® a steep hill the sick man, who was suffering excruciating pain, was lifted from the saddle and placed on an improvised ■ stretcher. The narrow defile would not permit the^stretcher-bearers towalk two. abreast, so one walked behind the other in.the shafts,; with straps over their shoulders. In tho ten-mile stretch to , TaLbotville there was’ no heed 1 to call a halt, fcure lief stretcher-bearers • willingly. proffered their services. That night .’7, the party was accommodated at Mr. Stout’s home, and next morning the ; patient-was placed on a trolley two feet wide, which, was used to con- ;* vey goods dc{wtn! a narrow track. By. .0;: two horses—one following the other—the trolley was drawn to: Grant —once a large and important min-ing centre, but’now quite deserted— V ^only the * buildings’ being left to' tell their tale»of bygone prosperity. 77-The patient was. placeriu a.buggy, ,V and 'driven to Dargo, accompanied : by the nurse, and other: members of the party, all of whom rede their • '7^ tired'st'cels, which were not more ' ‘7 fatigued than . their .riders. ;Next : ' morning the patient and Nurse Dunne were, motored by Mr. John r Scott to Sale, where Rcis3 was admitted 'to the Gippsland Hospital on Saturday.' The journey from Wonnangatta had occupied .three ;;‘. days.Members of the party speak in ■ ;.£ glowing terms of the manner in.7! which Nurse .Dunne comported' her-self*'throughout the trying ordeal, . and of her unremitting attention^ to the sick man, whose condition regarded by the hospital authorities' as serious;ICecp clear of tl fends of yonr neighbours. Leave their q ito rro 19 ■ a ml.,6 q u ah ble s al on 0, Have noUiing tofem Tis tftp wisest way, - • YouVatrdibl® onoughpf youi own. When thmr mngigggro\vBluridand fran-Interferanclt;Vian\\ coi^Siont abjure,Bnt for cojigbsr’ ciipls, aud colds, this rale never holds,Mnnfmn W on/lo' Dnr.n'.nmin^ Pn.rv
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Bombala Times
Bombala, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Jul 15, 1921
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