The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-01
RULES DRIVE
A SURGEON
AWAY
DR.. O'Day WilIGo Away
Where Hospitals
Are Public.

DR.. J. C. 0'Day, surgeon of eight
years experience, who has practised
his profession in the hospitals of Chi
cago and jamestown, n. Y, finds the
manner of conducting the hospitals in
Honolulu make At impossible for him to
establish himself here as he desires, and
he viii return, with his wife, to James
town. DR.. O'Day has been u. Homo
lulu for some weeks, has opc4sd an Of
fee in the Hawaiian Hotel grounds,
and has already secured some patients,
cases he cannot treat his patients
either in the Queens or the Chinese
hospital, and has therefore concluded
to go elsewhere, where the hospitals
are run on less close corporation lines.
'fIn none of the public hospitals that
/ have had anything to do with, and
| have experience of good many, have
their been restrictions put upon the
medical profession such as / find here, -
said DR.. O'Day last night. I'm no
place that know of do the public hos
pitals, drawing support from the pub
lie in whole or in part, draw the line
between the well-to-do patient and the
less well-to-do, allowing the one to
have his own physician and the other
not, as here in Honolulu.
II am a surgeon, having made surg
cry my speciality for the past eight
years. All surgeons do the majority of
their work among persons of the
poorer classes, even the greatest spe-
cialists. This is because the artisans
and the working classes live under such
conditions that bring about the need of
a surgeon. Now, the majority of the
patients I would have here could not
afford to pay more than dollar and
a half day at the hospital, and unless
they did the rules of the hospital would
them EMPLOYING the hospital
surgeon, nominated by the hospital
board of trustees. All doctors want to
treat their patients in hospitals rather
than at their homes. In surgery cases
it is most necessary. Therefore, if |
stayed here | would have to give up
my patients or keep them out of the
hospital, where | could give them the
best treatment. Under these circum-
stances [ have decided to go back
where such hospital rules are never
heard of.
. am not very well acquainted with
the conditions here among the medical
men. Some [ have talked to appear to
be very well satisfied with the way
things are run, and some are. not. l
that the question of the
Queens Hospital rules have been
brought up before, but | am not going
to stay to take part in any of the
troubles that may come The main
reason [ am talking at ali is that it
seems to be the desire of some of the |
doctors here that the matter be opened !
up again"
During his conversation last night |
DIR. O'Day paid hinh compliment to
The ability of Dr. Judd, the present |
hospital doctor, stating that he had |
found DR.. Judd one of the best read
men in the profession he had ever met, |
md a man whose ability and knowledge /
would land him at the top of the pre-
session in any city of America.
believe that Honolulu is on the |
brink of very good times he con
,1uded, "and / would like to locate |
lere, but as things are / cannot. I am
yoing back where public hospitals are |
'un for the benefit of the public