The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24
MORE ASSISTANCE WANTED.
A Hospital Committee 10 60 Before
the Grand Jury.

A committee from the board of mana
gers OF the Savannah hospital Will be in
Nited to appear before the next meeting
Of the grand jury TO make such
stasment as it may desire Of
the financial condition and necessities
OF that institution.
This is in response to a communication
received by the grand jury from President
Mills Of the hospital board of managers
asking that a committee be allowed to ar
pear before that body for the purpose Of
making a statement or that the grand
jury appoint a committee to confer with
the board Of managers and make such in
vest!gation Of the necessities of the .Y-
sttution as it might see mt.
President Mills said Yesterday when
seen by a Morning News reporter THAI
win the increased appropriation from
the city together with what the mana
gers hope TO obtain from the county they
VIII be able to make out by economical
management during the year and carry
on its good work as usual
The amount of our endowment is s1so. o.
co., said Mr.. Mills. "and when we re-
ceived the income from this amount we
mad no difficulty in conducting the insti-
tuition as ii should be conducted without
appeal to the city and county for assis-
lance beyond the usual appropriations.
but with $4,000 of the endowment re-
turning no income our position is an en-
trely different one. In our conference
with the city and county authorizes last
week we made a full exposition of the
work of the hospital and showed that
the hospital funds had always borne the
greater part Of the burdens Of caring for
the city's Patients sent there for
treatment. This being the case.
we felt that we had a perfect
right to call on the city for in
creased aid in caring for it's own patients.
when we We're deprived of the means of
caring for them. The city had made an
appropriation of $500 a year to the hos
pital. This was SO a day. For this $40
day we offered to care for fifteen city
patients daily and no more. We thought
this to be a fair offer. The matter of
sending charity patients to the hospitals
is better regulated now than it has been
heretofore The city physicians are re-
quired to make daily report to the mayor
of persons sent to the hospitals by them,
their names, diseases and localities from
which they are sent. They are not al
lowed TO send patients for trivial causes
nor any except those whose circumstances
are such that they cannot be cared for
lack of system heretofore. and axity
in the manner of sending patients to the
hospitals. No doubt many charity pa
tients have been treated by the hospi-
tai who should have been cared for at
their homes, or should have paid for
treatment. The intention is to prevent
the caring for as charity patients of any
persons except those whose circumstances
demand it. The reports of the city ply
sicians will show who are sent to the
hospitals, why they are sent there and
also the number cared for by each hos
pital. The Introduction of system will
prove of especial advantage at the pres
ent junctur
The board Of managers, whose cleo
ton was claimed by Health officer Brun-
ner, appears to have quietly given up
the contest. Mr.. Mills said that in all
communications recently received by him
from the city he was addressed by his off,
cial title as president of the board.