The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
THE OTHER SIDE
Mr.. Eckardt interviewed
Last Night.
Men Never Applied for Admittance
A Full HosDitaI-Fever
Patients

In order 20 obtain Mr.. J. F. Eckardts
side of the question in regard to the
statement published in yesterdays is
sue, that two persons had been refus-
ed admission 10 the Queens Hospital
upon various grounds, an Advertiser
reporter waited up on him yesterday
and CLEANED the following:
With the exception OF two state
ments,' said Mr. Eckardt 4 am heart
and soul in sympathy with the article.
As far as the Queens Hospital is con-
cerned, there is absolutely no room for
any but transient cases At the pres
ent moment there are ninety-two pa
tients in the building, while the daily
average number throughout last month
was eighty-one. There were one hun
dred and nineteen patients admitted
during November, almost double the
usual number; but this is partly due to
the prevalence Of feyers, both mala-
also to the fact that the Japanese are
making a greater use Of the hospital
than heretofore.
These ninety-two patients are clas-
sified as follows: Hawaiians, men 3S.
women Is; Japanese 16; Foreigners
90. Altogether there are lis beds; but
of these, thirteen are privately owned,
so there are only ten beds at present
disengaged.
I'm regard to the two cases men
tened in the Advertiser, | take eXcep-
ton to the statement that they were
refused admittance. IN the first case,
the man reported to have been taken
to a physicians Office at / o'clock in
the morning, after having been refused
admission, never applied al the hospit-
al; but few days ago, he was sent
there by the Ladies Strangers Friend
Society and admitted. The man him
self states that admission was not ap-
piled for at the hospital, and it is most
unreasonable to say that any such case
would be denied especially at that hour
of the night.
1.-THE second case is that of Span
lard reported as having a broken collar
he could not pay in advance. This
man also, never applied at the hospital
and consequently could not have been
refused.
/ Il know, as we'll as anyone in town
| the urgent need of such an institution
as you write of, for hopeless and in
durable cases. The great demands
made upon the hospital for some time
| past, makes it impossible for us tic
| take in such cases as the man Norris
| for instance We have only a limited
number of beds in the building, ant
the very large number of patients WI
have had throughout the best part O
the year, made it practically impossi
BILE to admit such cases as paralysis
consumption and delirium tremens, TO
obvious reasons.
| LAS an instance, only today natlv'
/ aDDl16u LOT dumISSlOu, DuG ouopO1LAAAs
something wrong, I detained him til
an examination had been made by {
| physician; he was very far advanced
in consumption. Picture to yourself
| the man lying in crowded ware
Ialongside a man down with say, pneu
monia, and you will appreciate ou
| ,ooroy, for raf,,cino him
I'm order to provide accommodation
| for more beds, it would be necessar.
| to erect new buildings entirely, a
there is absolutely no room in th'
present structure to increase the facill
ties in this respect