New-York tribune., 1922-10-24

mort to make. Look at these trays!
| wouldn't let dog eat off them. Aad
yet these rusty things serve as tables
for tubercular patients who have su1-
fercd ia tho World War"
aJust minute. just minutei"
shouted Mayor Hylan. "We want to
get to the bottom of this thing. You
are running for reelection, I believer"
1--WE won't bring politics into this,
Mr.. Mayor." retorted Rossdale. II am
here to speak Of things ! have seen
and which you can remedy. One OF
the boys in my district died last fri
day night in Sea View under condi,,
tions that were utterly intolerable. !
am here to speak for him and for more
who may die in the near future
Mayor Compliments Coier
Iook here" said the Mayor,
"you're not going to pull anything like
this just because elections are com
ing ggus. on ~. aid that man die ,~ in.
terrupted Mr., Coler.
"Some time in the late afternoon
said Mr.. Rossdalc.~ "He was unable to
get medical assistance. | want to tell
YOU. too, about the sanitary conditions.
The food is bad These trays are
typical OF the way it is served. They
are dirty and rusty. The beds are
dirty"
ii want to say that have made
this hospital" interjected the Mayor.
~ went down there quietly, and maybe
no one knows that was there. But
was. And when / came back had
occasion to compliment Mr.. Coler here
on the way things were being run down
there"
"Why didn't you come. hero quiet
ly Z" demanded Commissioner Hirsh
field of Mr.. Rossdnle. "You gave
it out to the newspapers before you
came to see us. How can you say
that you didn't have any political
motives? What did you give it to the
newspapers for?''
"I'm not here to be cross-examined
and I'm going to tell you what I know,
that's all" pursued Mr.. Rossdale..
"Oh, no; you're not" Mr.. Hirshfeld
retorted. "You're thinking Of, cleo
tions, that's all"
Hirshfleld Will Look 1t Over
"1 wouldn't be party to star
chamber session." said Mr.. Rossdale.
"You can't inject political atmos-
phere into this matter. don't know
anyway If the Commissioner Of Ac-
counts has any jurisdiction in this
matter. I don't know where he fits In"
However, it fell to Mr.. Hirshfelds
lot to be chosen to go to the hospital
and investigate. The meeting broke
up with much confusion and loud talk
Mrs. Macleod had been unable to get
word in edgewise Outside, however,
she told reporters Of her own expert
ence at the hospital.
"Men have died in the veterans ward
n@ Coo Viau, uyi th out y,oedicoi o&topfiop -
she said. "They have died from under
nourishment, virtually amounting to
starvation. During the summer there
were no screens in the veterans ward,
and I have known cases where sick
men have sat UP all night brushing the
flies and mosquitoes from the faces
of their dead comrades. We have re-
peatedly tried to have these conditions
bettered, but have met with nothing
but denial.
"When we brought these facts to the
attention of DR.. Kramer, head of the
hospital, he told us that these boys
were nothing but lot Of truck drivers
who didn't have sense enough to de-
case where dying man fell out Of bed
the night he died and was buried with
two-inch cash on his forehead. r
know of another where q dying man
called for the doctor and died In two
hours without medical attention, ex-
cepting such as could be administered
to him by his comrades"
Physician Denies Charge
DR.. M. H. Goldman, senior physician
at the hospital, denied the charge that
Johnson died without medical attention.
He admitted that no physician was
present at the time Of his death He
had been there an hour before and ar
rived few minutes after the death,
he said
The veterans in Sea View Hospital
were transferred there from Fox Hills
when it was closed last spring after an
investigation. Mr.. Rossdale said he
had found, after an examination of
the hospital, that the kitchen was
dirty and ,fly-ridden and the food not
only insufficient but in some cases
insanitary. The men are not allowed
the privilege of mess room, but have
their food dished out to them after
they form in line.
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