The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-30
OF tho term of occupancy
to be agreed upon"
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coDtinuntion or tho term of occupanc,
8 TO be agreed upon
Amendment Rejected.
Just before the adoption Of the abov
& resolution the following amendment
was proposed:
THE visiting stan shall be composed
Il OF the faculty OF the Medical Colleg'
OF Virginia. provided that any patien
g who shall in an emergency be carried
X TO the hospital can summon his famil.
4 physician upon tho approval OF thu
3 visiting starf."
( This was rejected TO =. as follows
3 Ayes--Mcssrs- Beck and Mccarthy
:, noes--NIessrs. Folkes. Hirschberg an,
h Whittet. Dir. Hirschberg took thu
Y ground that it largely expressed hi:
s Views. but that il would be better tc
7 have the Council accept the hosrita
4 without strings, leaving the Admins
y trat've Board and the medical college
3 to draw up Il proper contract to pro
i vide for its operation.
The resolution adopted omits refer
s enco to taking over 1920 and 1899 I3as
Z Rroad Street as homo for nurses. Il
= lis believed that this was an oversight
( rs there had been no difference OF
y opinion on this point, acceptance OF the
Z nurses home being conditional on III,
Cooperation If the hospital.
Many mt Club Meeting.
Business Mems Club yesterday after
noon the matter of accepting the Nir-
ainia Hospital building by the city
was fully discussed. President Alvin
N. Smith introduced Councilman Jacob
: Umlauf. who was asked to discuss the
: question whether the city should ac-
2 cept the hospital and operate it for the
benefit OF doctors at large Mr. I'm
lauf reviewed In some detail the move
,inent for Il city hospital Independent
+ OF the almshouse. telling OF his own OPP
position some time ago to acceptance
of the offer made by the trustees OF
the Memorial Hospital to turn that
building over TO the city on certain
conditions. He opposed the PROPOSE
ton, he said, because the city did not
have full control. Later propositions
for city hospital. he said, ''emanated
from the same source"
Now we have proposition from
the medical college" continued AIr.
Umlaui, TO loan the city the Virginia
Hospita! for period of years. There
is nothing in that resolution about
. bringing the university medical school
TO that project. We haven't been
treated fight We have done nothing
10 delay this matter. 1t was voted on
.thc night it came to the Council. The
delay was occasioned by those who got
: busy and got the Board OF Aldermen
TO amend the proposition.
Did Not Have All the Facts.
''If the facts had been laid before
as as they We're laid before the Adj
ministrative Board to-day. the situa-
T. ton would have been different. but We
didn't have those facts. We were mere
~ offered building for free hos
pital for the poor, and not for the med
zeal college.
at is not free loan. The" want To
control IT. Ny amendment merely says
that any patient may be attended by
his family physician, when desired
when it meets with the approval of the
chief OF the visiting staff. Isn't that
enough control? You know how quick
these surgeons are TO cut a man open
when sometimes family physician,
who knows the man from head 10 foot,
may know that IL isn't necessary"
The staff would have ample right
under his amendment to exclude the
negro physician, Mr.. Umiauf argued
He protested at length that he never
attempted in an underhand way 10 d.
feat a measure, but in this case he
felt 1t his duty 10 project the citizens
and taxpayers, who have got to pay
the bill"
He described the virginia Hospital
as an old, dilapidated, antiauatcd
building. dark and dreary." and pre-
dieted that If the consolidation sug-
gested goes through the city would
% medical college buildings. Not
w!thstanding Its defects, he WIS OF
opinion that 1t could be made q fairly
good building, and in view OF the city's
need, he was in favor or accepting IL
on proper terms
Mr.. Hunton Outlines Plan
Mr.. Hunton explained that the col
}ege. as q result OF the recent consoli-
dalton of the local schools, now owns
q hospital equipped ana ready for use,
paid for with money given mainly by
'~cit!zens OF Richmond 10 provide elm
lca; facilities Tor students in the local
medical college. The college had tend
cred the Virginia TO the city for n pc
Rod of years. to be determined and
definitely set in 4 written contract, TO
he for the INDECENT sick OF Richmond
and from which the medical college
could get the incidental benefit of
, clinical facilities. He suggested a def
mite contract for..ten years, revocable
by the city IN less time, if the city de-
sires to build its own hospital.
: Mr.. Umlauf had told of a friend of
his with crushed foot, who had re-
fused 10 allow surgeons to amputate.
and had doctored IL himself and re-
covered Nj Hunton remarked that
ne had himself recently had a serious
illness, which had necessitated surei-
: cal treatment, and which would not be
cured by the use OF hot water Highly
az he regarded his family physician.
the connection of that doctor with his
case had ceased when he entered one
. OF tho local hospitals, and the surgeons
became responsible for his treatment.
Most of the patients. he said who
: would enter city hospital would have
no family physician, and those that
did would. in many instances. have
. them from tho cheapest and least eff
I cient grade OF practitioners. the least
. expert gaining the practice among tie
: poor because Of their low charges.
Would Hren Way 10 Excessive Fees.
MIR. Umlduf would put on the sur
geon in charge" said Mr. Hunton, the
onerous duty IF passing on the quail
pcation of each doctor, and OF turning