Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-27
HOSPITAL SEEKS
IOSAVE ITSELF
.FROMNEWLOSSES
Queens Hospital Superintend-
emf Tells How Institution
Suffers Under Act

| The Compensation Act is all
wrong" according to Queens hospital
authorities and they have started OPP
H erations this week TO correct what
Il they term the evil as far as they are
4 concerned Startling developments
are promised. .......... .
Werner Soehl, superintendent Of
Queens hospital, has inserted an ad-
txertisement in a local publication to
the effect that hereafter all employers,
whether Unidentified or not by com.
pensation insurance, will be held liable
for all hospital cilarges incurred in the
\ treatment Of employees received at
their instance. ~,....
| Roehl wasn't a bit backward about
explaining the reason for the ''ad'' to
a Star-BulIetin representative today
| The Queens hospital has been the
goat so long in this compensation
matter that something definite and
final will be DONE" he said. I'VE
have been taking compensation pa
tients here for months and invariably
receiving only a small part Of the
cost of their treatment From now
on we viii not take, cases il payment
in full for their care is, not guaran-
teed beforehand. !. 90. s..,,..E.,,
To Treat Desperate Cases ras..
Roehl says the. Queens hospital
Will certainly not refuse desperate or
serious cases, but the ordinary acct
dent and fracture kind win be turned
back to the emergency hospital IL not
accompanied by the required guaran.
tee from the employer. - -. a.. ~. :
Most ordinary fracture cases bring
about $50 In compensation insurance,
says Roehl, land ii. is. the sense of
the law that these cases be treated
and cured inside of two weeks. In
most cases this is impossible and while
We, are paying our grocer and meat
and light and nurse bills and all the
rest the attending doctor usually
draws out his full fee and leaves us
few dollars for several weeks,
trouble and expense. It isn't right
nor fair and we will not tolerate it
any more" r.
Roehl said this morning that II the
Queens hospital were a paying pro-
position there wouldn't be so much
objection to the injustice of the COM
pensation workings, but the institu.
ton is behind several hundred dollars
every month, he says, and must make
up the leakage.
Counter Publicity Threatened.
Now that he has warned the eiii.
ploycrs by publicity, Roehf says some
of them have announced their inten-
ton Of starting a counter publicity
campaign. to. the effect that they will
not be responsible for any accident
expenses over and above that proyid-
ed by the regular compensation meth.
DDS. p
/ what viii the Queens hospital do
with case" he was asked, which
the employers will not guarantee and
which the hospital authorities are sure
win cost more than the money allot-
ted for it?' -. ~. -. "
/ May Refuse Cases.
/ Unless it is a. very serious case
We viii refuse it." said Roehl. at
can go to the emergency hospital or
elsewhere. We are. not obliged to
take It and since we are not to be
paid, why should we?'' d.
| The physicians have an idea what
their fee will be shortly after they
start treating a patient, says Roehi.
and make haste to draw 1t out in full
BY the time the cost of the case at
the hospital has been figured there is
little money left to meet ii. .. -,
| In most Of the $50 cases that
amount wouldn't be enough for the
hospital charges Alone" he declares,
for 1t is impossible to turn out some
fracture cases in less than six weeks.
After. the physician has taken about
$35 of this you can see where we get
off at" ' 1sz