The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-25
Rules and Regulations for
Government.
incurabIes May Not be Admitted
for Treatments awauans
Admitted Free.


noon and adopted:
L. The government of the hospital
shall be under Board of Managers ap-
pointed by the Board of Health, to
whom they shall be responsible and by
Whom they may be removed at any
time. All acts of the Board of Man
ayers shall be subject ia approval by
the Board of Health.
2. The Board of Manager shall
consist Of the attending physician, the
superintendent and the business
agent
3. The attending physician who
shall also be the medical superinted-
ent shall be appointed by the Board of
Health from among the physicians liv-
ing in the district He shall have full
Suspension of the medical depart
ment of the hospital; shall decide all
questions relating to the medical or
surgical treatment of patients; shall
examine all patients applying for adj
mission to the hospital and shall de-
eide whether thy are proper hospital
cases from a medical standpoint. He
shall discharge all patients when
they are fit to leave the hospital; shall
order and have charged of all drugs
and instruments belonging to the hos
pital, and shall superintend all such
other matters concerning the hospital
as require the supervision of a ply
stefan. AS attending physician and
medical superintendent he shall be
directly responsible to the Board of
Health.
The attending physician shall consti-
tute one of the Board of Managers and
as such shall have a voice in all mat
ters appertaining to the management
of the hospital.
f. The superintendent shall be APP
pointed by the Board of Health and
shall reside at the hospital. He shall
have full control of the hospital in all
matters not pertaining directly to the
medical treatment of patients or other
wise conflicting with the duties of the
attending physician and shall have
charge or the books and accounts of
the hospital; shall order and have
charge of all supplies of every kind
except the medical supplies; shall have
supervision of the nurses; shall en-
gage and discharge and otherwise have
full supervision of all employees of the
hospital except the matron, nurses or
such other employees as may be en-
ployed directly by the Board of Health.
The superintendent shall constitute
one of the Board of Managers and as
such, shall have a voice in all matters
appertaining to the management of the
hospital.
;. The Business Agent shall be
appointed by the Board of Health and
shall reside in the district. He shall
assist the superintendent in all bust
ness matters relating to the hospital
when requested to do so by the super
intendent or attending physician. He
shall have access to the books and ac-
counts of the hospital.
The Business Agent shall constitute
one of the Board of Managers and as
such shall have a voice in all matters
appertaining to the management OF the
hospital.
DUTIES OF ATTENDING PHYSI-
CLAN AND SUPERINTENDENT
6. The attending physician shall
be appointed by the Board of Health
and shall live in the district, within
easy distance of the hospital. He shall
attend the hospital, at least, once every
day. visiting every patient assigned to
his care. He shall cause complete
clinical notes to be kept of all cases
treated in the hospital, such notes to
be filed away in methodical order for
reference. Upon his first visit after
the arrival of any new patient he shall !
carefully examine such patient, re-
cording the results of his examination
in the clinical record of the case. He
shall furthermore hold himself in read
mess to respond promptly TO any emer- !
gency call from the hospital. In all ,
serious operations and in all other {
cases where he considers consultation |
necessary, he shall. if considered prac- {
ticabIe, call in cnsultation some other /
physician, giving preference to the
physicians composing the Honorary
Staff. 1t shall also be the duty Of the
attending physician to have supervi-
sion over the sanitary condition of the ;
hospital and its surroundings. The /
attending physician shall prepare and
forward TO the Board of Health a me-
dtcaI report at the end of each quarter.
7. The superintendent shall as
sumo charge Of all property belonging T
to the hospital and shall be responsible {
to the Board of Health for the same. {
He shall take charge of all moneys, q
purchase all supplies, collect, or cause !,
to be collected, all bills, and perform S