Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
GOOD SHOWING
At THE HOSPITAL.
Report of Dr.. Groves L. D. S.
Institution Furnishes Some
Instructive Statistics.
ISLANDERS ARE REFUTED.
Deaths Last Month Among Hopeless
Cases Within a Few Hours
After Admission.

A remarkably excellent showing ia
made In the July report OF the Dr..
Groves l.. ID, s. hospital which has been
completed by supt John s. Wells. The
hospital has been required during the
month TO receive a large number Of
seriously injured patients, and those
who were able to survive the nrst day
after their injuries have almost uni
versally recovered.
The hospital equipment, which Is de-
clarei by many prominent physicians
10 De among the most modern in the
world, Ia constantly being increased un-
I'll the hospital now is without gu
perlor III the matter of perfect appoint
ments end conveuiences Because of
scurrilous and Matchmaking attack on
the hospitals work, made by Il morning
paper ccnfessedly for the reason tina.
Its Issues are not sold in the hospital,
& list of the deaths of the past month
are given In full, with the names of the
patients omitted 1t will be observed
That -four of the II deaths occurred on
the day Of admission, from serious &C
cidents. Three more occurred within
AZ hours after being admitted
Inc report shows that "a patients
were at the hospital July |. and 10 on
July 81. During the month there were
received at the hospital 12s cases and
l23 patients We're discharged, es of
them being totally recovered and "a
Wen on the road to complete recovery.
RECORD of DEATHS,
With the names of the patients and
doctors the omitted. the record of cases
IN which deaths occurred is as follows:
July 4-After nine days in the hos
pitai, patient suffering from tumor of
the brain.
July 5--After one day in hospital, pa
tient suffering from multiple abscess of
right kidney
July After two and half hours in
the hospital patient victim OF acct
dent on street railway system.
July l4-After five days in the hospi-
tai, patient under charge of private
physician diagnosis not given.
July lI-After two days in hospital.
patient suffering from acute Appendix
citis.
July 19-After IA days in hospital
patient suffering from acute tubercular
meningitis.
July 2l-After one hour in hospital
patient being victim Of derrick acct
July 24--After IS hours in hospital
berculosis.
July ao-After "a hours in hospital,
patient suffering from diving accident
III which his spine was injured
CAUSE OF ISLANDER.
morning paper which is defaminr
tne hospital at regular intervals Is do.
ing so on the alleged Charge that its
issues nave been barred from the hos
pital The fact Is that no newsbovs
OF any kind are allowed on the floors of
the hospital because of the noise thew
would make and the possible disturb
ance of patients
one of the employees of the hospital
is paid by the hospital to deliver pa
pers 10 patients subscribing for them.
lie has been given permission to carry
win MN extra copies of papers and TO
sell them where desired, to patients
put because the hospital authorities
could not see why they should allow
their employee on time belonging to the
hospital, to sell a paper which, as one
OF them expressed it, would maka a
we'll man sick, and certainly O SICK
man worse" the matchmaking attack
was begun with every kind of Islander
that could be devised concerning the
hospital methods prominently played
up. The charge that the paper has
been barred from the hospital however
nos no basis in fact. Any patient ask
Ing for II can secure a copy from the |
Office. and all subscribers for whom |
copies are sent to the hospital receive |
them through the regular attendants. |
The only restriction is that a hospital |
employe no longer offers them to pa |
thents who have not requested copies, |
A charge is made that the name of |
Or Groves has been dropped from |
the hospital title The hospital au- |
thonties call attention to the fact that |
this is absolutely untrue. and that all |
stationery and documents carry this IT, |
tie In the telephone book the tltle Is |
given as Il. d. s." hospital at the spe-
cial request of tha telephone companies
who complained that there was a great |
deal of confusion, as most people looked |
In the directory for the name under |
his heading