Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-28
PATIENTS WILL
CHOOSE OWN DOCTORS
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and Rhode Island. To date a suffi-
cfent number of hospitals have re-
piled to the list of questions present
ed to all alike, and these responses
are presented to you with this report,
for your scrutiny and information.
The facts pertinent to this fnves-
tigation, and bearing upon the above
mentioned resolution, may be CLASH
fed as follows:
"First-Forty-eight hospitals re-
porting.
"Second-Total number of ward
beds, 1901.
"Third-Total number Of private
rooms, $50.
"Fourth-Total number of nurses
graduate and pupil, 807.
"Fifth-Total number of staff ply
~sicians, 374.
"Sixth-In ~thirty-four hospitals
any reputable physician, graduate OF
a medical school, is allowed to oper-
ate on, or treat medically, pay pa
tients.
In seven hospitals the same ap-
plies with some restrictions, and In
the other seven, only staff physicians
have the privilege.
"Seventh-In all of these hospi-
tails, family physicians are allowed to
be present at operation by staff men,
Der or specialists, and In all but
seven cases, family physicians are
allowed to care for patients after op-
e%rations by staff physician; the pa
ftient, in all cases, with the advice OF
the Emily physician, selecting the
physician to conduct the treatment
Or operation.
"Eighth-1n response to question
as to permitting all physicians of city
or county to treat pay patients, in
one hospital, II rooms are to be had
the answers were favorable. Your
committee, therefore, odes Hereby
recommend that the above mention
ed resolution, presented by Mr.
James S. Wight, at the last annual
meeting OF the association, be adopt
eed, and that the bylaws Of the
Perth Amboy Hospital be amended
to make same effective.
In connection with this recon-.
m~endation W. call to your attention
the fact that Our hospital has less
than one-third number private rooms
than the reporting hospitals aver.
age, and as our hospital is over
crowded much of the time, it can BIZ
readily seen that this plan cannot BIZ
made fully effective, therefore W.
further recommend that ways ant
means be provided to extend thu
hospital buildings, s 10 that private
rooms may be had, sufficient to &C
commodate pay patients from al
physicians in this community, max
ing 1t possible to provide, at al
times, all the privileges covered BY
the resolution, and in >items six
seven and eight, as set forth above
May Enlarge Institution.
The proposition of e~nlarging thu
hospital will come up in a futur,
meeting. One plan Suggested is tn,
pushing ahead Of the movement fo)
a nurses home adjoining the hospi
tai. This has been in the hands Of
the Ladies' Auxiliary. This will civ,
five extra rooms in the hospital. They
are now used by the nurses. Th,
hospital at present supports twenty
four beds. The Investigating com
mittee on the resolution adopted las
revise the bylaws accordingly.
The Questions Asked.
The questions asked by the inves
t5Aliho SOhIbllLICS VI Tile ulI6TeIl
hospitals were as follows:
How many ward beds have YOU
How many private rooms have you
How many graduate nurses hav,
you? How many pupil nurses hav,
you? How long time do pupil
serve? What is paid them Will
serving? How many physicians OF
your staff? How many consultin,
physicians? Do you have a residen
physician? In what order do tn,
staff physicians work? Are othe
than regular staff physicians permit
ted to operate or treat incidentally
Are family physicians allowed to b
present at operations done by stat
members or specialists? Are famil
physicians allowed to treat and car
for a patient in hospital, after. a staf
physician has operated? If not S,
allowed, what is the reason? II
party wishes to be admitted to you
hospital, and it is thought better t,
have a specialist, who asks him? an
when the work Is done, is patien
cared for by a staff member or b
the family physician? What woulp
be the result if a physician, not
member of the staff, should treat
patient under operation, and eompIi
cations should arise to the detrimen
OF such patient? Would the hospita
be responsible for. such, and coul,
the party from the hospital
What is your Judgment as to numbe
OF physicians on a staff in proportio,
to number Of beds in hospital
What is your judgment as to permit
ting all physicians of city or count,
TO treat pay patients in any one hos
pltal, II rooms are to be had? If yo,
have not a resident physician, VIII,
treats free patients? Are the physi
clans paid for such services? If SO
by whom? What are your charge
for ward beds, per day or week
What are your charges for privat,
rooms n nurse attendance? Wha
Is your manner Of selecting stat
physicians?
Mr.. Jones's Resignation.
THE resignation of Henry Jone
from the governing body was receiy
ed and accepted. He suggested O
c. Martin, of the same plant, as hi,
successor. Mr.. Martin was elected
to the board. Sidney Riddlestorffe,
was elected to fill the on tn,
managing committee Of the hospital
left vacant, by Mr.. Jones' resigna
ton.
Pay For the Secretary.
Secretary v. P. Christofferson re
signed from the governing body a
last nights meeting and is retained
as Sacrafqry of 31nA xo,r1u NJ