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  Hughenden and Charles Hospitals, the wards / -man Davies having told him that he would b e / met at Brisbane, if he did so he did it with

Townsville Hospital
17th Dec. 1893
The President
Townsville Hospital
Sir
Thomas Flannigan was not a Townsville patient
he came here directly from Hughenden passing
Hughenden and Charles Hospitals, the wards
-man Davies having told him that he would b e
met at Brisbane, if he did so he did it with
-out authority.
J Connigan we sent to Brisbane becaues
it was thought his chance sof recovery
would be greater in a less tropical climate.
He was not sent to Brisbane Hospital.
As regards the accusation of selfishness
it is well known to you that a large pro-
portion of the patients received in the
Institution come from distant distrcts
possessing in the majority of cases Hospitals
of their own, and in many instances as
you know they arive here directly from
these hospitals by advice of the medical
officers.
As regards the complaints about
Dunwich applicants, nine tenths have
come from distant parts.
We