The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-06-28


ization-he is Immediately discharged
when his tuberculosis is arrested.
Records of Aberdeen Hospital, st.
Paul, show that as per cent to 50
per cent of all tubercular veterans
discharged from the institution re-
turn for additional treatment with
in three months. Is that good for the
veteran of his family? Or for the
community in which he lives? Is tina
living up to Regulation Job of the
U. S. Veterans Bureau?
d
Why Tubercular Hospital?
"The Aberdeen Hospital, St. Paul
is an old apartment hotel built in
1899. In that building are mental
and nervous cases, general medical
cases, surgical cases of all kinds, and
tubercular cases in all stages of de-
velopment," declares the Minnesota
Adjutant, even the doctors in charge
say it is nothing more than clearing
house and that no curative treatment
for either mental or tubercular cases
is possible there. Turning to so-called
contract hospitals to which the gov
eminent pays SO per day for the
care of tubercular veterans, The
State Board of Control, on Jnne 80,
1922, quotes DR.. Hall, Supt. of the
Walker Sanatorium, as giving the
gross per diem cost for all patients,
service men included, at $2.02 Pc
day, of which only 65 cents is spent
for food and medical treatment The
report further declares that in two
years the gross profit on service pa
tients alone was $4,000, with pro-
fit over actual and net expenses dur
ing the same period and for the
same patients of more than 100000.
Do you think the individual Mime
sofa veteran receives the benefit of
the So per day paid for his care?
Do you fell that the need of a gov
eminent tubercular hospital for Min
nesota veterans does not exist? And
in view of this two year profit of
100000 by one contract hospital in
Minnesota, what do you think of the
plea of the U. S. Veterans Bureau
Director, General Hines, that enc
money is available for this purpose"
d.
"For Insurance Purposes Only"
"Jim Sheady was receiving COM
pensation from the government and
asked to reinstate his insurance. He
was entitled to do so, since at that
time he was rated as temporarily par
TALLY disabled. His money in pay
ment of back premiums was returned
to him with notation from the
Washington office, one thousand
miles away, that he was Totally and
permanently disabled. "-"for insur-
ance purposes only" and could not
reinstate his insurance. In other
words, he was merely temporarily
and partially disabled when being
rated for compesation-but received
an entirely different rating when he
applied for insurance. rating
which precluded his receiving any
insurance or the benfit resulting
therefrom. Does such action seem
fair?
Owes Government Money
Another case in the Legion files
tells of veteran who made similar
application for reinstatement of in
surance to the Washington office of
the U. S. Veterans Bureau. They
not only ruled that he was not en-
titled to reinstatement but told him
his disability was not connected with
service and that he owed the govern
ment money for compensation re-
ceived. All of this in the face OF
medical and other evidence and the
rulings of the u. S. Veterans Dis
trict Board and the Veterans District
Board of Appeals, declaring this We
teran to be entitled to compensation.
Is the Capitalization of cases in this
manner, with autocratic rulings from,
far-off Washington, good for disable,.
buddies of Minnesota?
~
We Must Carry On
although regretting the events of
the past and receiving little encour-
agement from Director Hines for the
future construction of an adequate
hospital for disabled tubercular veter-
mn