Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
HOSPITAL EXPLAINS
FIREMAN CARR CASE
Superintendent Declares No "De.
mand" Was Made for Pay for
Treating Injured Man.

According 10 Superintendent Barrow
u. Lyons, Of the Delaware Hospital, no
demand was made upon those who took
James G.. Carr, chauffeur 10 Assistant
Fire Chief Kindell. when he was taken
there after Friday nights accident, that
his treatment be paid for Mr.. Lyons
today issued the following statement re-
eardlng the matter.
'ln the Sunday Star an article appeared
which said that city freInen are asking
the QUESTION Just why was payment
demanded in advance for hospital services
to James g. Carr, driver Of the automobile
Of Second Assistant Fire Chief Frank
Kindell?'
Il am very glad of this opportunity to
explain to the public come facts regarding
charges at the Delaware Hospital with
which people are not generally acquainted.
In the first place it If necessary to de
termine the financial standing Of o patient
before assigning him To bed, IN order to
know whether or not he should be placed
IN a ward or IN semI-prlvate or private
room.
No patient, however, who needs medi-
cal or surgical attention. ~ refused by
the hospital, except in cases OF chronic
illness v here the hospital cannot hope to
benefit the patient and IN cases Of con
tagious tliseases If the patient cannot
afford to paw for any hospital care he,
OF course. is admitted as free patirnt
and received precisely the same food and
medical and nursing attention az any other
ward patient
III. however. the patient is a pay or
part pay patient, he or his relatives are
expected to pas weekly IN advance. This
l. T.. a m
past so very many people have imposed
upon the hospital While the same care
is given TO the free or the pay patient end
less trouble Is caused for the hospital
when patients clam that they can pay for
their treatment and sometimes demand
and receive private rooms and spectral
nnrsing attention when IN fact. they arc
not financially allie to pay even for ward
bed In this way tho hospital has oftfn
carried accounts that have nin up into
many hundreds of dollars with patients
who should have been honest enough 10
admit i'm the first place that they could not
paw frr thor hospital attention.
In rcfererce 10 the case mentioned m
the Sunday Star | have Just spoken 70
John NcNey, who is a partner ~ the
taxicah hseine%s with James Carr who ~
he prtiert referred to in the article
Mr.. NcVey informs me that Mr. Cars
wounds were sutured and that he was
prepared fer bed in the hospital before
any reference was made BY the night
SUPERVISE as To charges.
When Mr. Carr was ready to be placed
IN rod tho right supervisor asked of
Nr NcVev whether or not the patient
could afford IN pay Nr NcVey tells
me that ne assured the rIght supervisor
That he would pay for the patient him
self and she then aak Ell him If he could not
pay IN advance which he gladly did ]
am sure that am correct in stating that
no 'dernard" fer payment n advance was
made and that If the.paticnt had not been
ale 70 pay ne would have received exact
~ the same treatment which he is now
receiving
Carr IA reported to-day AZ dong well
The fractured skull il was It first thought
he might have turns out 10 be only verv
severe lacerations Of the scalp and he Will
be able to leave the hospital in few days.