The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-18
WOMAN SUFFERSAN
CANNOT GET DOCTOR
County Physician I. &. Odell
Does Not Respond to
Her Call.
GIVES BIRTH To CHILD
WITH NURSE IN WAITING
Case of Mrs. Anderson of South
West Temple Is Il Pitt
full One.

For nearly three days Mrs. A. Ander'
son. who resides at 81 South west
Temple street, was in travail and she
could not get the services OF physl-
ciau. Although the landlldy OK tue
house in which Mrs. Anderson lives,
secured the services of a nurse, a Miss
Durfey and = hov was born nj Z clock
Wednesday night; although Mrs. Au-
ocrson applied 10 Dr. T. Il. Odell. thc
county physician. she got no rellcl IRON
him: in fact. hc did not answer her eau.
He was busy, he says. In truth. Mrs:
Anderson 5 case appears 10 be Que OF
fragrant neglect on the part oil the
county physician.
Mrs, Anderson is virtually in dcsii-
iutc circumstances. She says that she
had made arrangements two months ago
with Dr. T. II, Monahan 60 attend her,
but when he was called Tuesday he said
ne could not come. And the woman
continued TO suffer Then on Wednes-
day L.. Sic. who lives in the same house
rs Mrs. Anderson, called up County
Physician Odell. He did not respond 10
the cali.
What DR.. Odell Says.
When seen Thursday DIR. Odell said
that when the call came he was on his
way 10 ST. Mark g hospital, his assis-
1aut was busy with 4 number of calls,
and If il was the same Mrs. Anderson
he had in mind he would not have at
tended her anyway. When asked why,
ne replied that she had her own doctor;
that her husband was i'll Ely, although
Mrs. Anderson saws she does not know
where her husband is However. if the
county physician and his assistant are
TOO busy 10 attend To thc sick, then let
The county commissioners get another
assist1nt; woman in distress should
not he left without medical attention,
About IL o clock Wednesday night
Dr. S. c. Paul, the city physician
called ON Mrs. Anderson. BY that time
she was resting wcIl. But prior TO that
time she had suffered mnch. but the
county physician was adamant-
As has been said. Mrs, Anderson is
in destitute circumstances Some OF the
rhilauthropic women Of the clty should
call OH her aud lend her aid There arc
but two rooms, really only one, in which
She with her children, lives. and her
ease is one deserving of attention and
practical aid,
Another Case of Neglect.
There is another case OF neglect on
The part Of County Physician OdGIl
which has lust come TO light. il is that
of Ed Rowland who is at room 80.
Belmont hotel. Rowland and d friend
Sl1lc tDat lncY called al fhc ONCE or
The county physician Wednesday after.
noon. that they saw him. but he could
not do anything until Rowland had seen
James Sabine, paupcr clerk, aud had d
paper filled out. The man was acufcly
sick, J!c went 10 the city aud county
building but could not find Sabine; he
waS not there. and rs Rowland was
growing weaker he and his friend re-
turned 10 The Belmont hotel. where he
now Is. Wednesday night DR.. Paul Wis
tied him. Thursday afternoon some one
from the county commissioners of.
Sec visited him; aud later IN the after
noon Or. Odcll said he had lust received
The call 10 20 and sec the man DR.
Odcll says he did not sec tho man Wed.
nesday. although Rowland aud his friend
say they were ut his Office and saw
him However, if the county physi-
cian and his assistant are too busy to
attend the comfy patients, then Mackay
and his assistants should employ another
physician.