The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-20
QUEENS
HOSPITAL
DIR. HODGINS HAS ATTORNEY
FRANK THOMPSON AND WILL
FIGHT IF KEPT OUT.

The Queens Hospital embroglio
which broke bounds on Thursday
when the board of trustees in closed
meeting decided to suspend from the
privileges of the hospital, DR.. A. G.
Hodgins, bids fair to result in a very
general shaking up and airing of the
affairs of the institution, and very
possibly the Introduction of some radi-
cal changes. The first published ac-
count of the trouble, which appeared
in yesterday evenings Star exclusive
ly, resulted in the matter being very
widely discussed and commented up
on. There is little new to report from
what was published yesterday, but DR..
Hodgins' attorney, Frank Thompson,
is engaged in looking up the daJa con-
cerning the hospital for the purpose
of bringing action against the trus-
tees to COMPEL them to re-instate his
client to the privileges denied him.
"Our object" said Mr.. Thompson in
reference to the matter, 'Is to get Dr.
Hodgins reinstated. 1t may be neces.
sary in order to do this to establish
the status of the Queens Hospital
1t has always been run as though it
were a private institution instead ofI
a public one. If it is not public
hospital the Territorial government
has no business to be appropriating
money towards supporting it, If it,
is a public hospital the methods of
running it must certainly be revised.
There can be no such system of rules
as are now in force, in which the
trustees may if they see fit discrimi.
nate between persons for no better
reason that that ones eyes are bluel
and the others are black. l haven't
had time to get at the bottom of the
case, but we are confident of ourI
grounds.
Secretary George w. Smith, who Isl
accused by DR.. Hodgins of being the
dictator, or real head of the hospi-
tai, and of reaping fat profits from the
exclusive privilege of furnishing drugs
and supplies to the institution, wished
to have E. Faxon Bishop, the vice
president of the board, speak for the
trustees, and therefore would say no
thing further than that he believed
that the matter would soon be adjust
ed. Personally" said Mr.. Smith, "II
have only the highest regards for DR..
TJnH orin raptitinnnr
Dr. Hodgins stated that he had BEEN
allowed to continue using the Hospital
until several patients which he has
there at present are able to be re-
moved. "The matter is quite Sc
rious one to me and will hurt me a
good DEAL" said the Doctor, For the
reason that a physician can scarcely
practice these days without the aid of
a hospital for his patients, and there
is no other such institution that may
now use had been making use of
the hospital as much as almost any
other physician in the city, 1 think
only one having a record for greater
number of patients there, so of course
1 shall be handicapped"
1t is we'll known that DIR. Hodgins is
not alone in his opinions as to the
management of the hospital, there be-
ing a good healthy opposition among
the practicing physicians against the
way the place is conducted. and the
rules in force. 1t is more than likely,
also that Hodgins will be backed
strongly by many of these dissatis-
fed ones, in the fight he is about to
make.