, 1909-12-08
p PROCEEDING S
l0LONI At COUNCIL
FOR ST.. CRO1x.
lCoutiuued from 1eiS No. ~

llS SDOhGu tlsDOAubtIf vi buC IGtpJI( l., DllI III
has not jried to show where lies the benefit
Of the Minorty's proposal the Speaker has
dwelt on the point Of a doctor in the coun-
try, but as regards the matter itself, the
question Of 2 physicians for Irederiksted,
the Speaker has, neither in his remarks today
nor in his Minority Report, stated anything
noteworthy or anything that could IN reality
be subject Of vote under this Draft the
honorable Member in his Report says /
approve of The wish to have two doctors it
is d long existing wish on all sides but then
he goes on to say Let u, get IN Assistant
Physician; but fails to show how it is to
work. He (GoIden) Woud now beg to call
attention, to the meaning Of and the results
connected with an Assistant Physician III
Frederiksted. The necessity of 2 independ-
eut Physicians IN trederiksted has been es-
tablished beyond controversy by the remarks
to the Draft, by the memorial from the Iu-
habitauts and submitted to this Council and
from thence to Government; but, suppose
that the Council adopted the Minority's pro-
posal Of l doctor and one half doctor, since
an Assistant IS in point OF fact only Il subor-
dinate to the actual physlcian,--the Assist
ant could do nothing without the permission,
knowledge and consent Of the physician, lot
us say his "BOss' and il he should IN Il
case Of emergency be called on to do any
thing to a sick man, the 'physician' could
cause it to be undoue as being contrary to
his mott N of the case or the remedy requir-
Ell, much valuable time might be lost and
danger caused to the patient suppose any
misfortune should befall a person, and it
happens 50 that the Physician is not in town
or to be found, and the Assistant can do
nothing during such absence, would it be
like a human being to let the unfortunate
sufferer lie until the physician comes; al
though it must be supposed that such an
Assistant must be a qualified man Yet
such would be the result. No, we need and
must have 2 fully qualified and equally placed
public physicians for Fredenksted.-Iou
say. we won't get 2 qualified medical men to
come, because the emoiuments offered are
not sufficiently high yet you say, you will
get 2 qualified men, one as physician with
5000 p. a, another qualified doctor for some
thing less as Assistant Doctor as a prepare
tory measure but that seems not quite
reasonable in itself. Then again, You say,
we run the risk of getting none at all, if we
seek for two physicians we OF Westend are
prepared to provide sufficient emoluments
to our physician, if satisfactory but We also
cIsim that a public physician is a necessary
part Of the public service, and if he cannot
be hid for what is offered, the public funds
must supply the rest CIhe Governor:
would only cay, that time is going we viii
soon be having 1st April lie would repeat
that by seeking to get 2 physicians, we may
run the chance Of getting nono.. let
us have the power at lelst to dispose of the
money for two; if we get only one now, the
other cun be had another time; If we eau
not get 2 at a time, let US be prepared for
two there is 10 certainty but a mere sup
position that the terms might not be ac-
ceptable to two, but after one has come and
tried, and found that it suits, another might
come. There seems no real danger, nothing
to prevent two men to come here and find
comfortable homes, but as the wants Of the
people call for two practitioners in Westend,
and as the people are willing and rea iy and
bic to meet the demands, let US try it.
And ii, after all, it should really turn out 50,
that we can get no physician at all from
Denmark, let the Law be changed, and let
the road be opened to foreign medical men
to come here to practice, and see if they can
not gain a comfortable living.
Bird Crownmember (O8en) would beg to
state that the plan of an Assistant Physician
along with another Physician is nothing
new it has been used elsewhere and hus