The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-22
OR. WHITE EXPLAINS
|Nf|RMARY SITUATION
Five Thousand Charity Visits Year
to Institution and Emergency
Calls Always Handled.
INSTITUTIONS HARD LINES
Lady Board OF Managers, Even With
Aid From City and State, Find II
Difficult to Get Enough Income to
Float 1t.

There has been so much OF late
effect upon useful Richmond institu-
lions that The Virginian gladly gives
publicity to the following statement
made yesterday by DR.. Joseph A.
White, of the Richmond Eye. Ear.
Nose and Throat Infirmary:
There are 5000 charity visits paid
to the Richmond Eye Ear. Nose and
Throat Infirmary every year. Mind.
don't say five thousand patients, for
some OF the patients come more than
once, but more than 5000 visits are
paid the inf1rmary by those who come
there to be treated.
Now. for this service the city Of
Richmond contributes $500 a year
Bless your soul ne-Heither- myself
nor my assistant gets any part Of this
munificent salary. 1t IL paid over to
Mrs. Sam Cohen. treasurer Of the
board Of lady managers OF the infirm-
airy. Mrs. Cohen and Mrs C. OBJ.
Cowardin, the president. just go
around and fairly beg to get enough
money to keep the inflrmary going.
Ladies Have to Work Hard.
They certainly work hard to keep
the inf1rmary from going under, and
1t is no easy task. The city contrib
utes something and the State some
thing, but this isn't enough to pay
for the fnflrmary. as there is rent, or
its equivalent, to pay. and then there
are couple OF nurses who are al
ways on hand. as we'll as an operating
room and rooms for patientA
Neither myself nor my assistant,
DR.. T. B. Weatherly, gets anything for
gnTvfNas hn
that young man has not been fairly
treated. He gives not only three
hours a week, an hour on alternate
days. three times a week, but I have
known him to work three and four
hours overtime. Every emergency
case is treated free, no matter what
hour of the day or night II IL taken
there. DIR. Weatherly lives on the
premises and attends to these casea
Board Misinformed.
Now merely wish to say that a.
far as the Administrative Board IL con-
cerned. II has been misinformed. Dr.
Weatherly has tried to stand between
the city and those who would take ad-
vantage OF its charity. There are
plenty of those who are only too ready
to take advantage of free treatment
when they are not entitled to free
treatment, not being indigents or to be
tents.
go any day during the hour re-
served for free treatment. and you will
| find from twelve to twenty patients
waiting for treatment. and you will
| find DR.. Weatherly and the nurses in
| attendance They do not skimp the
time, either More often than not
they work over the hour set aside for
| free treatment
II am on the staff Of specialists at
the Virginia Hospital. At times am
unable to answer calls from that hos
pital. Instead l have sent my assist
ant. DR.. Weatherly. Now, IL the Ad-
have DR.. Weatherly act az my assist
ant at Virginia Hospital. I don't care.
I'm ready to quit any time. the
me. 1t only confirmed my nomination
of Virginia.
One Sent From the Virginia.
There has been only one case
where a patient was sent from vir-
ginia Hospital to the infirmary for
treatment. and that patient refused to
testify before the Administrative
Board As for the Barlow case, the
hospital staff could do only one thing,
and that was to exonerate DR.. Wealth
erly.
The officers Of the Richmond Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary are
John Kerr Branch. president: James
Caskie, vice president: DR.. Joseph A.
White, secretary; DR.. John Dunn.
treasurer.