Evening star., 1921-04-22
CONGRESS STIRRED
BY HOSPITAL NEED
Appropriations and District
Committee Leaders Promise
to Study Conditions.

Leaders, on the appropriations COM
mIttee and on the District committee
in Congress today pledged themselves
to study carefully the hospital needs
for emergency cases in the District
made.
Representative Charles r Davis,
chairman OF the subcommittee of the
appropriations committee. which han
dies the District budget. said that
the shooting affair. in which two
victims, in critical condition, were
removed from the hospitals for want
of facilities. demands immediate con-
sideration. He promised to have a
thorough investigation made and to
do his utmost to see that adequate e
facilities for such an emergency are
afforded
Representative Thomas l.. Blanton
of Texas, who will be ranking demo-
crat on the House Distric: committee,
also said that he will tas e the news
story and editorial in TIE Washing
ton Star yesterday as a suggestion
for an investigation of the hospital
facilities. He said that he proposes
to go into the matter thoroughly and
pledges himself to work for wha tever
additional facilities may be found nee
essary.
Studying District Needs.
Representative Roy Fitzgerald of
Ohio. a new member on the District
committee, said today that he is
studying every day systematically the
needs of the District.
He was glad to have The situation
with regard to Casualty Hospital
brought to his attention by The Star
and will be glad to cooperate with
the older members on the House Dis
trict committee to remedy the condi-
ton and to supply additional faciIi-
ties if an investigation shows that
they are necessary.
Chairman Focht of the District com
mlttee said that in his opinion the
schools and hospitals. which care for
the future citizenship and for the suf-
fering and needy require the first at
tention of his committee
Members of the House District COM
mittee expect to discuss the hospital
committee next Tuesday.
Citizens Take Up Conditions,
That the Casualty Hospital is en-
tirely inadequate to supply the needs
Of the eastern section of the citv. to-
gether with the outlying districts.
was the statement of George Judd,
president of the Lincoln Park Citi-
Zens' Association.
Mr.. Judd said the hospital is in
need of larger quarters and a better
equipped operating room for the gen
eral public needs. He advocated
erecting hospital in the eastern
part of the city which would be large
enough to accommodate all Driyate q
patients. as well as emergency cases
brought in on the ambulance calls.
1t certainly is deplorable condi-
tion in the city of Washington, where
the population has greatly increased.
to have such small quarters to care
tor the injured and sick" he said.
hospitals ought to be to save lives.
Ihe fact that two patients. who
were reported to be critically injured
from gunshot wounds, could not be
kept at the institution because there
were no beds to accommodate them.
atter an operation of such charac-
ter would have to be performed. indi
Gates clearly that new institution is
needed or the present one greatly en-
larged." he said
To Ask Congregational Aid.
Mr.. Judd said he intends to take
up the matter of urging Congress to
appropriate funds for the erection of
a new hospital in the section at the
next meeting of the Lincoln Park
Citizens Association.
Citizens associations and civic
bodies in the northeast and southea st
sections of the city have been adyo-
eating the erection of new hosnital
to take care of emergency cases.
Casualty Hospital not only takes
care of patients in the city proper
but is called upon on many occasions
to treat and operate upon persons
who have been injured in Maryland.