The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-28
Patients Describe the In
human Treatment to
Which They We're Sub
jected and the Neglect
From Which They Suffered
NURSES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
EXTRAORDINARY TIES sTIMoNY
BEFORE THE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The investigation by the Committee of
the Board of Health Commiss oners APP
pointed to probe the charges made by
Commissioner George Mccarthy, con-
cern;ng the management of the City Hos
pital, was continued last night at the
office of the Board of Health in the City
Hall.
Severa: aff.davits asd statements of
patients IN the hospital were read. One
of these was fro.l Belle Marrow, who
entered the hospital en- December last.
An operation was performed on her on
Wednesday. December 6. She says in
her statement: AFTER the operation
was performed / could not Keep from
groaning. Miss Hurley (nurse) kept
coming in and telling me to hush up. l
told her l was doing the best l could.
She told me that if | did not keep quiet
shewou Id put me out. She told DIR.
McNenny that annoyed the patents
She also told me that was nothing but
a charity patient and that she was not
supposed to wait on me ali night; that l
was supposed to sleep, and that if l
bothered her any more she would punish
me.
"On Thursday night when | called
for the water Miss Hurley brought it. 1t
was so hot it burned my mouth. was
feverish and wanted a cold drink. l
needed it so bad that had to take the
water out of the ice bag that was on
my abdomen and drink it. On Saturday
night asked for a bed pan and sire re-
fused to get it, and vomited on Sunday
morning because did not get the bed
pan. On Wednesday. December 13. Miss
Hurley came to me and asked me to say
to the Warden that | was mad and
didn't mean what 1 said in my statement
to the Warden. When said l wouldn't
she said. We'll, then. you are liar
Before made my complaint to the
Warden | always had trouble in getting
drink of water and sometimes didn' t
get it.
when other patents groaned she
would say: Shut up and go to sleep, OF
I'll report you
Miss Hurley talks unkind to the pa
tients. She is never in the ward (room)
when the patients call for water or a
bed pan. When we would call. her she
would tell US that We were waking up
| the patients and would have to shut up,
and then she would go out again.
Sally Betty, No. 156 Pine street, sent
in the following statement
when first came here (the hospital
about November 80, asked Miss Hurley
for bed pan. I was suffering. She said
l didn't need one and she gave me some
medicine which put me to sleep. Before
l went TO sleep she said she'd lock me ur
! in a cell if didn't 60 to sleep. At might
/ when I wanted water or bed pan
/ would call and she would come from the
outside and say: Don't holler like that,
and then she'd put the pan on chail
and go out again"
Lena Adams, No. T3 Fairmount ave
nue., submitted the following state
/ ment:-
when I first came to the hospital
was thirsty one night and called Mis-.
! O'Hagan for drink of water. She wa.
down stairs and didn't come up. / callet
two or three times after that and ther
waited until breakfast time, when l go
4 cup of tea. After my husband spok,
to Commissioner Mccarthy about thi'
Miss O'Hagan asked me to withdraw tn,
complaint"
/ mr. HY0E 70 lecture