The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-24
UNIVERSITY WILL
CONTROL C|TY'S
!. GENERAL HOSPITAL
Ordinance Turning Over Medi-
cal Staff Appointments to
College Of Medicine Will Be
Passed Next Tuesday.

1
The University of Tennessee College
Of Medicine is to be given complete
| control over the medical and surgical
staff Of the Memphis General hospital
by the city commission, under the terms
OF a contract which is to continue Tor
20 years. -.
A few minor changes in the contract
| win be made. merely to safeguard the
city's interest in the laboratory build
ing which the university trustees VIII
build on the hospital grounds.
A hard fight has been made against
the proposed contract by members Of
the medical profession who are not con-
nected with the medical college faculty,
but the frye members of the city com,
mission have decided against them ana
as almost their last official act, WIN
pass the ordinance at the last meeting
they will hold before going out OF office
the first of the yeah
| Unavailing protests were made oy
members of the medical profession FIJI
day last week, and again Tuesday alter
noon, after members Of the memphis
and Shelby County Medical society had
voted on Monday night three to one
against the proposed contract 49,,
Dr. J. l.. Andrews asked Tuesday that
he be permitted TO submit substitute
ordinance and contract, which he was
assured would be acceptable to the med
zeal profession and to the educational
board of the American Medical asso-
citation, which makes the rules under
which all medical colleges in this coun-
try may operate.
, 1t was insisted, however on behalf OF
the university, that complete control Tor
the entire year Of the medical and sur
gical staff of the hospital Is necessary
| to the continued existence OF the col
lege. otherwise it will be rated as a
class B institution, and will close us
doors -
the contract will contiue to elect tbs
members of the hospital staff and VIII
have lust the same control and super
vision as at present, but the nominations
for staff positions will be made by the
dean of the medical college.
AT present the members of the sum
mer staff who work during four months
are appointed only by the trustees, but
in effect. 1t has been the practice fol
two years past to appoint only Jew
men not connected with the college rae
\ ulty in some way Il, ~,
H,~~A. Morgan, president of the stat
university, said that If there had beei
l. discrimination or If the action OF IN
, dean were Objectionable to fnaJorlt.
of the medical professioR, new ueai
would be elected, However. Y. r; :
h Mooney, one of the university trustees
said that he believed that It was I'M
perative that only men connected Wit
the faculty Of the college OF. who hay
\ worked in the out-patient department.
should be named on the hospital stat
and that this was in fact the reason 10
the new contract.
h Leo Goodman, speaking for the com
missioners said ii was simply q CUES
ton Of doing what is best ior the peo
y pie of Memphis and for the patlen'
v who are compelled to seek aid In IN
hospital or in the out-patient depart
ment. in which more than $4,000 person
h were treated last year, and ne Deheye
that the need of the proposed laporatol
and the work Of the young physician
In the out -patient department., MOI
n than offset any apparent injustice tht
may result in depriVing small ilun
her of physicians of the privilege !
working as members of the SUNNI
D staff. 49, ,ost,
until long after dark. Dfs. j. Il. Jeii
IA rel zach. ]. L. Andrews and
n r. Smythe spoke against the contrac
W p. Metcalf, as legal representat,'
| If the medical society, asked TOR aeii
until some mutual agreement coulu
I'd reached ~. tr,
Mr.. Mooney argued that the contra
HIS absolutely necessary 70 the NE Vi y
medicai college. and without 1t the &c
D. lere will certainly be compelled to clos
\ al the trustees of the university "
not under any consideration conduct
nollage excepf one in the highest cha
I'D and the highest rating, class a, can I
! be maintained except with cohtroi Oh
4 hospital as proposed. ,,f,
y The commissioners will hold COME
ID Midday ia make two or three chang
h In the contract, and it wilR come up
3 final reading Tuesday. , 80
= The school claims now to nave SO
~ 81 pupils.