Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Miss Nav Denies Reason Assig-
ned for Iier Resignation.
NURSES ARE HER FRIENDS
Failure of Physicians to Deliver Lee.
lures Regularly Brought on Dissat.
isfaction Among Young Ladies-Dr.
Rudasill D ecIines to Say Why.

Miss Huldah NJ. Nav and DR.. De
j. Rudasill, who have resigned their
positions as superintendent and house
physician, respectively, OF the Ncwpor;
News General hospital, arc indignant
over reports which have been givcr
ont concerning the reasons for their
designations.
Statements were given to Il Daily
Press reporter last night by both the
Superintendent and the physician.
They declare that they decided to
leave the hospital for entirely differ
cnt reasons and that il was merely Il
coincidence that the designations han.
pcncd to he rendered about the same
time.
DR.. Rudasill admitted that he was
leaving on account Of trouble of some
kind, but positively declined to nave
anything to say as TO the nature of
his reasons. He said that /. would
injurc the hospital if his reasons were
made public and therefore he was nor
at liberty to talk Gil the subject. The
doctor has been here since he left
college at Richmond last spring and
Is under contract to remain a year.
although the hospital directors agreed
to accept his resignation.
1t is understood that there has been
friction between the house physician
and physicians practicing at the insti-
tuition, but as the parties concerned
and the directors will give cut no in.
formation an authentic account of
what has occurred is not to be had
for publication.
There have been various rumors
concerning trouble between Miss Nav
and the nurses and it was said that
the superintendent resigned because
several of the young ladies resigned
and the board induced them to recon
slider.
All of this Miss Nav emphatically
denies. She states shat she is now
and has been on the best of terms
with the nurses and that there has
been no misunderstanding between
them. AS to . nurse who was dis.
missed recently. the superintendent:
says that the action in this case was
demanded by the other nurses. II
seems that the nurse in question did
not observe the rules Of the nurses
home
Miss Nav further states that the
nurses who Thu catcncd to resign did
so because thew were not being giycn
the required lectures The doctors
scheduled to lecture have not been
keeping their appointments, according
to the superintendent, and the nurses
fear that such loose methods will
cause them TO fail to pass the rigid
State examination when the course
here IS finished
When asked why she resigned,
Miss Nav said that she had been at
work without Il vacation for two years
and n half and that she new proposed
To rest for three months. She denied
that her action was in any way con
ncctcd with the trouble which caused
the doctor to resign, and said tha
she was not onI:- the best of friends
with each of the nurses. but was OH
good terms with every member of the
beard of directors.
The directors still decline to make
public the story of what has been so
ing en- at the hospital.
Miss Nav end DR.. Rudasill will re-
main OF duty until their places can
be filled by compctcn. persons, which
Will be done as soon as POSSIBLE.