Evening journal., 1909-09-21

clans a superintendent Of the hospital
and nurses, and some system must be
maintained, which could not be. II
twenty or twenty-five physicians were
allowed to run in and out of the ward
al their pleasure. Very often there
arc three and four patients in this
ward whose condition Is such that the
utmost quiet must be maintained"
There are four physicians on the
staff. each serving three months. who
attend the patients in this ward" said
Mr.. Johnson, land even should an ac-
cident case from a certain corporation
which has an employed physician. be
admitted, that physician should he be
one Of the staff doctors could not at
tend the patient I'm question II II han
pened that he was not on duty in that
quarter"
Mr.. Johnson said that the Delaware
Hospital received little help from the
public at large, except on tag day. He
said every contributor Of s. or more
year Is q member and can attend
the annual meetings and vote for trus-
tees.
He said that he did not believe City
Council could appropriate money to tho
hospital unless an act had been passed
/ by the Legislature. Speaking Of tho
$500 a year received from the New
Castle County Levy Court, Mr. John
ston said he had to go TO Dover and
have an act passed so that the hospi-
tai. could receive the money. The way
the hospital gets this appropriation Is
by presenting a bill to the Levy Court
showing that so many free patients re-
ceived treatment at 81 a day. "We
save the county for the care Of patients
five times that much money in every
year" said Mr.. Johnston.
Mr.. Johnston said that the only
way he thought Council could appro-
pirate money 70 the hospital would bt
by an act OF the Legislature. but h,
said that Council could get around tn,
matter by allowing a certain sum TO tn,
hospital on bill being presented by thl
, institution for service given to pa,
tients unable to pay their way in th'
. hospital
! Or. Morgan Says they are Excluded.
Or. James ". Morgan was one of tn
physicians who attended the meeting o
protest last night He said that tn
meeting would be followed up. and tn
commAttee appointed last night woul,
appear before Council II necessary I
voice its protest
"seyenty-nve allopathic physicians ar
y excluded from the Delaware Hospital,
= Dr. Mongan said today. "If they wer
D permitted to treat their patients ther
I, do not believe there would be an
necessity for the management to hav
tag days and rummage sales and IN
like to raise funds.
1T is not the financial phase Of III
: situation against which we protest bu
, the loss of an opportunity for hospitl
treatment and the clinical advantage
that come with It. The moment we sen
patient TO the hospital that patier
cannot be treated by u.s. but must /
treated by a member Of the staff TIL
members OF the staff are men OF hig
5 standing and ability and we are nc
! saying word about them, but it is III
D rule against which we protest.
when organized the ambulance sci
I vice and rode with the ambulance q
! four years 1 accompanied hundreds ,
I patients 70 the hospital, but had A.
give them up there as I was not pei
mitted to enter TO continue treatmer
Of the accident cases."
Dr. Morgan expressed a belief that VI
: less the hospital is thrown open 10 PHI
sicians to treat their patients there,
movement would be started for a gener
: hospital under municipal auspices.
v Another physician in discussing II
"a hospital situation said:
% In the first place, Il might be We
It TO understand this primal idea of
"a hospital. IL is for the purpose
d treating the poor and INDECENT. whiC
is the charitable part Of its work, az
10 for providing a place where persoi
d who can afford TO pay for their medic
Ia treatment, and who are practical
le homeless at the time Of their Hines
ia can be treated. BY this class ] me,
II those. for instance. who. having gol
)" positions and incomes. have no hon
IN the city. but live in hotels az
10 boarding houses, and for the purpo
le Of surgical operations which cam
Z. be done at home.
r. Records for several years back she
l. hundreds Of cases where persons wi
have been perfectly able to pay (
= their treatment have been taken
4 the Delaware Hospital whore they a
treated as paupers, and not permit
10 have either their family physicii
or the physician OF their choice. Tn
must be treated by the hospital sta
In cases OF accident, Il is certain IN
the patient should receive immedia
treatment from somebody. Th
should he, first, his family physicis
or, second, the doctor of his choi
or, IL taken to a hospital maintain
by public funds, should certainly
permitted TO be treated by the ph
sician he desires.
Ill AT a meeting Of physicians n
| some time ago. petition was prepar
| and forwarded to the management
| the Delaware Hospital seeking
/ privilege OF any physician admitti
| patients who could afford to pay
| the wards Of the Delaware Hospit
III This was positively and absolutely
| fused. the reason given heing that I
board OF trustees Of the institute
would not agree 90 this proposition
THE use OF public money by q M
pital should carry with Il the ril
for all doctors to place patients
| that hospital"