Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-18
NEGLECT SCORES
ANOTHER VICTIM
an, edwards Lies in Agony at
emergency Hospital tor
over Two Hours.
heath ENDS TYPICAL CASE
s,stcm at Handling Patients
A., Rsrbarous Feature 81 In
ancient city administration.

.nousn.ss and neglect scored
L ,i,tim whom William Ed
' former deputy sheriff ana
W." war veteran. died at Holy
s' hospital early sunday morning
What is alleged to have been
heart failure
nmIuarly and anectionately
,.o,n BY many people of this city.
- one OF the most outrageous eN-
80 Of criminal neglect OF sick per-
~. ever recorded In police annals.
r3osrds suffered terribly from gall
..,., saturday. he was seized with
,sonlzIng attack about noon, when
.sms down on the street from his
~, In the Lincoln house Passersby,
.s.lr .,mpathy aroused by the mans
--,srs carried him into the Vienna
~ on Main street where ne was
..,sn temporary restorative. I'M
ss,sdntsly he was carried to the police
ssiion IN a hack. arriving there at
s.-s,r,toe of o'clock He was taken
,-,0the emergency hospital ana placed
,ot There he lay In awful agony
e-.'.,ootlv hours and % minutes,
iieg from side 10 side. suffering
animal commissions because OF the
rs'r and CRYING aloud FOR medical aid.
rSnsrds's rroans and cries In his par
.,,srss of main could be heard clear TO
NJ. 'front.' Of the police station, and time
snsr lime several persons called on
ibs nolice. urging that a ply stefan be
.mioonod as quickly as possible. The
minute hand worked lis way around
,he hour hand more than twice before
iae police managed 20 get a doctor 10
r5eards whose clothing was soaked
Nh respiration caused by his ter
lbe pain.
OVER TWO HOURS AFTER.
The police replied to urgent prayers
IN medical aid for Edwards BY say
ng that they were doing all they could
30 cet three different physicians. 10
has exactly s minutes after 3 o'clock
wen one of the members of the city
haard OF health called at the police
station and administered an opiate to
pl.ero the suffering victim.
EaWards's case Is merely typical OF
others which are unfortunate enough
% be closed in by the four wallis Of
me city emergency hospital Atten-
don was conferred on Edwardss case
more because OF his prominence. His
friends are wild with anger over his
being so neglected.
Ths present system OF handling
patients al the city emergency hos
ph' IS probably the most barbarous
feature OF Salt Lakes government. Il
can be said with absolute certainty
that Salt Lake city is the only city OF
Oh me- or Of larger size IN the United
SiL..s where a police surgeon is not
Kept constantly on duty in the police
station Itself As matters now stand,
q man may BE brought into the emer-
gancy hospital with his throat cut. or
WITH fatal dose OF morphine or some
other deadly poison In his stomach.
The B0uld-be suicide lies without med
TAI attention until he Is beyond the
I'D OF medical help. and then a
lNslcian may show mp casually sew
9al hours after the patient had been
brought into the emergency hospital.
70 Denver, for instance. a police sur
s'on is actually ON duty In the sta
pn. az every hour OF the day and
hght In most cities the police sur
icons, numbering from three to FIVE.
iieinaie on their city work The
police surgeons I'm other cities also
have separate ambulance OF their
own especially built for the easy carry
g o. SICK people. Many fatalities are
N % patients being shaken TO pieces
p hf lolting of tho rude patrol wagon
thh Is used hy salt Lake CITY 10
ui'H slck persons In emergency
lass
haards's friends hope that. n
B5s death produces no other ef-
el i will az least jar the "Ameri-
al administration out Of its brutal
't|ol'ness and utter disregard for the
s and Injured long enough TO mako
I. present heads of the city govern
-si provide modern and adequate
.taus Tor the care OF the click and