The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-22
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would be called and statement issued
at that time
The difference with Or Hodgius is
said to have started over a case In
which Or Hodgins charges the hos
pital with very unhosptal-like treat
ment of a patient It is stated that
woman who had been treated at the
hospital was suddenly sent i'm the po-
lice patrol wagon, from the hospital 10
the Maternity Home, OF which Dr. Hold
gins is i'm charge, while in an almost
dying condition Two hours after be-
ing received at the Maternity Home
she died. and DR.. Hodgins refused to
sign death certificate on the ground
that he had not attended the case. He
referred it back to DR. Hoffmans of
the Queens Hospital and there was
pililia nui
Still another charge which doctors
and members of the Board of Health
have brought against the institution Is
in connection with its rejection of seri-
Gus cases which do not come within ats
rules 1t is said that sufferers in
Almost dying condition have been turn
ed from the doors of the institution, on
the ground that they were contagious
cases. and one case is recalled or a uy-
ing consumptive who sat on the door
steps of the Board of Health after be-
To- 10 hr fol
until President Pinkham came to the
rescue with funds from his own pocket
to provide the man place to die IN.
1t is stated that Governor Carter be-
fore leaving expressed himself as de-
string a general change in the Board
of Trustees, as far as the governments
appointees are concerned. He is said
to have suggested to- Secretary Atkin-
son that the latter go ahead and name
an entirely new board, but no such ac-
ton was taken by the Acting Cover
nor.
Dr. Hodgins' attorney, Frank E.
Thompson, is preparing to fight for the
doctors reinstatement as one of the
physicians of the hospital, and if the
case ever comes to trial there will ne
fsome highly sensational features.
Meanwhile the drug men ION the out
side" are very gleeful and a number
of doctors who don't like the way the
hospital is run are quietly patting DR..
Hodgins on the back and telling him
to keep it up.
The following is the letter by which
the trustees notified DIR. Hodgins of
their action regarding him:
Or. A. G. Hodgins Honolulu, Z. II.
Dear Sir:-The trustees of the
Queens Hospital have had under adj
visement the matter OF relations now
and for some time past existing be-
tween yourself as a member of the
Honorary Board of Consultants of the
hospital and the hospital itself
The Trustees are constrained to re-
| gard your attitude on several occasions
at the hospital as being in utter disre-
gard and contempt of the Rules of the
Institution, and despite the fact that
you have been notified by the Super
intendent at the instance Of the EX-
ecutive Committee that the letter and
spirit of the Rules must be observed,
it does not appear to the Board of
Trustees that the intimatiOn given has
had the effect of changing your atti-
tude in respect of your observance of
the Rules. The existing state OF things
is not conducive to the welfare of the
institution and. in some respects, is
demoralizing to discipline and har'
mony at the hospital and for these rea'
sons a resolution was adopted at g
meeting of the Board of Trustees o.
the Queens Hospital held yesterday
whereby you are removed from thu
Honorary Board of Consultants anC
withheld from the privileges thereto
belonging. You will, of course, b.
permitted to attend your patients nov
in the hospital until such time as sal,
patients are discharged.
"Deploring the necessity of this &C
. ton, I am
VERY respectfully,
(Signed) &c. f. BISHOP,
vice President, the Queens Hos
pital."
. Attorney General Peters, who is
member of the Territorial Board {
U Health, stated this morning that he di
/ not think the board would be draw
into the controversy between DR.. Hoo
n gins and the trustees of the Queen
a Hospital, 1t is a matter, he though
r that the board had no call for miXin
n in.
+ The question relative to DR.. Hoo
70 gins removal from the consultatio
!. staff of the hospital which thereby d,
prives him of the use of the institl
ton, apparently hinges on whether {
not the fact that the Territory hell
u to support the hospital tappropriatin
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