The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
HOSPITAL. MATTER
STILL BIG TOPIC
Cmlaul Declines to Discuss His
Amendment to Which Medi-
cal College Objects.
OUT OF COUNCILS HANDS
DR.. Darlington Strongly in Favor
Of Free City Hos
pital.


pital-
About onc-third Of the practicins
physicians of Richmond make up tho
, faculty OF the Medical College of VIZ
g!nia, which body. Il Is proposed shall
DO made tho STAFF OF the city hospital
II the city accepts tho free use Of tho
Virginia Hospital building. The facul-
" of the college is made up OF thirty
fuil professors. with an adjunct facul-
I IS oil about sixty, and number or
special instructors. making In all about
100 physicians, who, under the agree
'nent proposed by the Medical College
OF Virginia would give their services
absolutely without charge In the treat
rront OF patients In the city hospital.
Or. Charles Y. Darlington, president
! OF tho Richmond Academy OF Medicine
and Surgery, said last night that there
| had heen no meeting of the academy
since the Issue as 10 the composition
oil the faculty OF the city hospital was
rniAed. NoicIng his own views. he said:
DIR. CnrrinEton's Views.
I am, or course. in favor OF free
| city hospital Tho establishing OF
such hospital would be- the greatest
step forward that the city has taken
! IN years.
This hospital should bo absolutely
Under the control OF IL visiting staff OF
| physicians and surgeons "a far az the
treatment OF patients Is concerned.
Members oil this visiting STAFF can call
In consultation any family physician of
| good standing in tho profession they
may sec 1T You can rest assured that
! any decent physician Will always cali
! In the tamil, doctor on request. This
/ STAFF or physicians and surgeons should
/ be impartially chosen from tho rcpu-
table doctors OF tho city, and nos
| chosen by and from n partisan or In
! terested tooy
/ "of the more than $50 doctors in the
! city or Richmond mt least ono half Of
| them have no earthly connection with
| the Medical College OF Virginia. They
arc taxpayers and good citizens. and
ai1oi.r them are men of especial proni-
| ncncc and ability. who would be most
valuable. could they be induced TO servo
| on the city hospital staff. 1t is not
proper or fair. either TO them or to
the city. that they should be dcbarred
| from all opportunity Of being candi-
dates for such appointments.
Does II not seem passing strange
that the moving spirit In the Medical
| College OF Virginia should arrogato
to himself the appointing power TO
members OF tho visiting staff OF the
! proposed new FREQ hospital. T submit
! that every dictate of right and fair
play demands that the faculty OF the
/ Medical College OF Virginia do net have
/ the appointing power for this visiting
staff. Give the doctors OH the outside
OF tho sphere OF the moving spirit
chance TO compete and live"
! Uniauf Makes No Statement.
| Councilman Jacob Umlauf declined
! yesterday TO discuss for publication his
| amendment allowing any patient the
/ privilege of calling in his family ply
] stefan, thus opening the hospital TO
I any licensed physician, proposition
I 10 which tho Medical College VIII not
consent 1t Is objected that ouch n
/ plan would not only open tho way TO
/ divided responsibility for the 81, G
make possible lax practices and pre-
''ent tho citys patients from receiving
! the best procurable treatment, but
! would nlso prevent the use of the hos
! pltal for instruction purposes by those
at the head of the various departments
! of the medical college.
/ The Umlauf plan, It is stated. has the
/ Endorsement OF n number OF doctors
/ who We're not elected TO positions on
/ the medical college faculty, but other
I wiso 1t has received little or no sup
! port The plan proposed By the Mcdi-
/ cal College OF Virginia is that followed
/ IN Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore:
I ST. l.ultc's Hospital, New York. and by
/ practically all OF the large public hos
has cited an instance Of free forali
! hospital. in which the buildings are
! provided by Il medical school TO aid
( city In caring for it's sick.
/ OTer Pending since August.
| The offer has been before the city
/ Council since August without any de-
! cided action. Tho state Lea stature
meets In tho next few weeks, and Will
pass on plans for the merger Of the
Medical College of Virginia with tho
! University of Virginia medical school.
| Fearing that the impression may go
out that Richmond Is not showing its
desire to obtain this larger medical
/ Institution. special meetings nave been
called OF the Business Mems Club for
tomorrow afternoon ut ., and of the
Chamber of Commerce FOR TUESDAY AZ
ternoon at s. 10 give expression
| public opinion on the subject.
Technically. the matter is pendh.S-
before tho Administrative Board just
at present. It was 80 referred by the
Common Council on December 23. The
plan suggested by certain Councilncn
yesterday Of cutting through tho tam
gle of procedure by resembling the
reference at the reg ular meeting OF
tho Council on January &. concurring
in tho resolution already adopted by
the Board Of Aldermen. and so accept
ing the hospital us offered by tho
medical college, Is held to be tmprac-
ticablo by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the
body. The Administrative Board is not
n committee of the Council that can be
discharged from further considera-
tion" OF any matter. The Admnistra-
two Board has the papers, and tho
Common Council cannot act ono way or
another on matter not before IL.
May lie Speedily Accepted.
Hope ~ expressed. however. that the
ADMINISTRATIVE Hoard will do It's part
In STRENGTHENING out tho tangled sit