The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-05
CITY PHYSICIAN
HAS solution OF
HOSPITAL NEEDS
Municipality Can Save Cost Of
Separate Institution by
WaysOTs Plans
SUGGESTIONS FAVORED
BY oDEEvS TRUSTEES.
Police Surgeon Ready For Any
Emergency One of Most
Vital Propositions .

Nto ttNfSSaANNS
City Physician j. T. waysou, working
dong lines to nearer realize completes
care Of the city's INDECENT sick, and.
with a view to helping effect such arr
rangements between the hmpicipality,
and the Queens hospitals hos.
pital as will settle al. problems
such as have heretofore arisen in the
handling Of cases. has submitted to the
health committee oftFe toatd Of super.
visors number of suggestions which
are the result of conferences between
himself and rresident r, ". Single
If tho Icard Of trustees Of the hospital.
These sugees tions have already receiv-
cd the uranimous approycl,of the hos
pital trustees and Or. .Wayson believes,
that, IL thew arc ratified BY the, super.1
visors, the Queens hospital authorities
and the supervisors could come to 81
better working arrangement regarding
the care Of the INDECENT sick that
directly come under the supervision OF
the hosnital ,g... .....
DR., wsyson s suggestions include the
following. ~. . .Fefg|
'tThe hospital to build and maintainI
n dispensarv or out patients service
on part of the hospital grounds where
all sOut patients NAV he trcnted. =
The nearness Of this dispensary would
allow a nfurh earlier discharge Of many
patients thus reducing monthly ex-
r"nse, The city to pay for drugs and
dressings rGNuired and. in addition,
$50 month toward the expense Of one
more medical inferno, for the extra
dutt.ssihg :....- ,'
1.-THE ehairman Of the health commit
tee and the city physieiah TO be allow
ed tn visit all city patients; with the
resident ,pbvEieiHn or superintendent
for the purpose Of rnninthininT an ir-
terest in them. ard also TO confer with
Ptteuding physicians rePardiue earlier
DISCHARGE of any patient; the city
physicisn, on behaIfF Of the supervisors,
to sign q proper release. IL within the
Judgement Of the attending phvsiciaii
such patient shohld not be discharged
from the hospitrI, asa protection to the
hospital. ..s.' :@
"The hospital TO consider. IL feasible,
the employment Of trained, Hawaiian
nursns for HawaiiaH patients. g
ON consideration Of the hospital en-
tagging the sroDer of the service for
citv patents, the supervisors to improve
their ambulafich service by inmediS t"1y
employing q police surgeon or SURGEONS
who will he IN dutV ut all hours ready
to a"rornanv the.ambulance. =
The city tn. own and maintain an
up-tosdatn ambulance which &C times
WAY Re at the DISPOSAL Of the hospita1;
10 own ore or more pulmotors. (the
u"rassitv Of pulmotor is constantly
before ,rsl 2ys.%f ~
can noIice and emergency Patierts
to he taken tn The hospital bv a police
Surgeon who viii while ct the hospital.
thoroughly eSamine each ease IN the
rroserce Of the receiving surgeon re.
fore tnr"iro fhS case over to the nro-
rc- hospital authorities: the receivinQ
surgeon nor to receive tinv patient Tn
h" "ornd for at the county AxpeneHl
without a si0rued card from the police
surgeon Stain" the nature Of the III
ness ct r"oideut: I" tbis wsv holding
ooch to bis own field 81 responsibility.
II an cmergenev case be taken l"fo-N
the nniic" surgeon can be In attendance.
the hosnita1 is 10 give first aid and
Immediately notify tie rolica surgeon.
"The noice st"tinn should be pro.
,ided with suitable room tn pro
rnrIv AZ" for uhrDlv and roisv iptoxi =.
Gated persons. mt riehtfRlIv bosnital
cases even If such. inehriated persons
are in need Of medical pnd surgical
attention due TO other canse than that
of their excuses. T. .. . I
"Faving q police surgeon accom-
paHvihg roljce sick calls will greatly
r"du".a notice cases now taken to the
bosnital. ~. 10
Even with this improved service the
community il constantly increasing and
general exercises for the care of
this nronnrtionate increase Of indigentsl
is liable to increase, nut much more and
fetter service will be rendered for the
same money now expended. g..
"It was suggested by one Of the
I hospital trustees that it would be tn
the mUtrpl interest Of the citv and the
hosnltal If the chairman Of the health
committee Of the h0ard If srnerviso-s
should be nresent at meetings at which
matters affecting the city would be
discussed. '... q. 90
"ThP trustees nf the hospital hav"
anpointed n comwittes comnosed ~
Pichard TvcrS. JObn WBterhOns" ard
Geor"e w. Smith to confer with the
health committee IF the board Of gu.
pervisors.
"With IN "doHtiI" of these srg"es
ti""s.' s"I DIR. WavsOn. TIA IIdigput
sick would b. ~ vel carad fee ara ~
'"S3 "Vre"sethan II the city and county
shnld esta hIish. egrip and maintain its
own hospital :" -4- :
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