The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
TROY DOCTORS RESIGN
From the staff of City Hospital at
Troy,


Troy, June 7.--Dr. John B. Harvie,
DIR. David w. Houston, DIR. Burton s..
Booth, DR.. l.. f. Adj, DR.. j. w. Nor
rls and DR.. Il. G. dickson are no
longer OF The Troy CITY hospital ana
automatically DIR. Emmott How'd, as
sIsuant TO Dr. Houston, and Or. M.
A. McGrane, assistant 10 Dr. Alt,
are not on Inc register ar Inc insIltu-
ton. The designations were present
eu 20 SISTER plapcne SUBSEQUENT 10
meeting OF the physicians and sur
geons connected with the hospital
June 2, at which time a communIca-
ton was received from the sister
III charge ia which it was stated that
she hau decided 10 enlarge me
staff and which was apparently re-
scented by those VINO promptly ae-
clined to act in obedience to the
provisions set forth in the document
and winch The physicians considered
arbitrary ana not lnaccordance win
the customs which had been in
vogue at the hospital for almosu
thirty years.
According to the constitution OF
the hospital the Sisters nave abso-
Lutte authority TO name me staff, that
is. this is the Interpretation of the
physicians but while 1t is under the
management OF the Sisters, II is,
nevertheless, a public institution,
and as it receives money for indig-
ent patients 1t cannot be legally
classed as sectarian. These facts
were given out yesterday afternoon
when inquiries were made to verify
the rumors that several prominent
doctors had retired. 1t was made
emphatic, however, that while the
Sisters have the constitutional right
to choose the staff, the practice has
been to permit the staff to control
its membership as a matter of pro-
fessional courtesy, 1t being assumed
that the physicians were the ones
qualified to pass upon the ability of
those to be selected.
While those mentioned are not as
ISOLATED with the institution at pres
ent, the designations were submitted
1t being made plain that they might
just as well be accepted for the rea
son that the retiring members would
not return unless the plan of reor-.
ganization promulgated by Sister
Blanche was rescinded. Whether
this will follow is not known. the
only information available at the
hospital being statement that there
had been no designations accepted
as yet.
There was considerable concern
last night when it was learned def
nitely that the majority of the staff
had retired, and this was accentuat-
ed by the fact that the hospital has
a tremendous undertaking on its
hands In the construction of the
new building on lakewood avenue
While regret was apparent the ply
sicians, nevertheless, refused to re-
cede one step from the stand they
have taken and practically all of
them reiterated that they would not
be identified with the hospital unless
they were accorded the privilege.
which are given the STATS in, as they
said, every other institution of that
character in the country. While
none of them declared themselves in
so many words, it was clearly infer
entail that they believed that they
had won for the institution the pres
tige II enjoys and that they did not
intend to submit to the treatment
which they believe they received.
DR.. J. B. Harvie, chief surgeon at
the hospital, was asked yesterday
afternoon for a statement as regards
his retirement. He replied that at a
meeting of the staff communica-
ton was received from Sister
Blanche which was a notification
that the corps of physicians and sur
geons had been enlarged and she
gave the names of those whom she
had appointed. while did not
deny her right to dismantle the
staff" continued the surgeon, 81 did
inform her that she had broken a
precedent established twenty-seven
years ago and one which had been
followed ever since / also told her
that the practice which had been
followed in this respect had been
obeyed in every hospital in the.
country. that the staff passed upon
its own membership. Then i gave
notice that unless the enlargement
or reorganization were rescinded l
would retire"
DR.. Hayie Immediately sent in his
resignation, II being understood that
N had IN no anoarta d unlacc 90 hoe