Evening star., 1933-04-23
HITS TUBERCULOSIS
HOSPITAL LOCATION
G. U. Medical School Faculty
Protests Buena Vista,
Md, Site.

Plans under consideration by the
Board of Public Welfare to locate the
proposed new adult tuberculosis hospital
on the 250-acre tract at Buena Vista.
Md, Is miles from the city, where the
children's sanatorium is being built,
drew protest yesterday from the facul-
ty of the Georgetown University School
OF Medicine.
Objections to the Buena Vista loca-
tion. based on its distance from WASH
ington, were filed with the board by
DR.. William Gerry Morgan, dean OF
the medical school and a former presl-
dent of the American Medical Assocla-
ton.
Handicap to Schools Seen.
The adult hospital is now located at
Fourteenth and Upshur streets and pa
tients also are cared for at Gallngcr
Hospital Most of the attending ply
sicians, DR.. Morgan pointed out give
their services without remuneration
and removal of the adult hospital to
Buena Vista, he said. would handicap
the medical schools of Washington.
DR.. Morgan's letter, after pointing
out that the Georgetown medical tao
ulty desires at all times to be helpful
and to cooperate in every activity for
the promotion of the best interests c
the public, said.
Permit me to take this opportunity
to file a formal request that the decl-
sion on the location of the adult tuber-
culosiS hospital be delayed until the
opinions of those physicians who must
eventually contribute their services,
without remunera ton for the most part,
in the care OF those patients, be
obtained
..T,l,o NFoJ;oo1 coboo1. of tIo D;et,ict
of Columbia. whose duty 1t is to teach
the diagnosis and treatment of tuber-
Culosis, must have facilities available
to them These facilities must not be
limited only to advanced cases. but must
comprise incipient cases as we'll. The
children's sanitorium cannot be used
by the Georgetown Medical School for
teaching purposes on account of its
great distance from the city.
THE need for consultants in various
branches of the practice of medicine,
such as surgery, internal medicine,
opthalmology, otolaryngology, ortho-
pedic surgery. etc, in an adult hospital
is imperative. and unless the adult
tuberculosis hospital is within easy
access to the physicians of the city such
consultants would not be readily avail
able This important fact should be
given serious consideration in determin-
ing upon the location for any hospital.
Must Give Service Gratis.
"It would appear wise to obtain the
opinion of the members of the Medical
Society of the District of Columbia In
arriving at such an important decision
as to a suitable location for the tuber-
culosis hospital for adults inasmuch, as
I have already pointed out, they must
give their services gratis to the patients
OF this institution.
II sincerely hope that those charged
with the responsibility for deciding
upon the location of the adult tuber-
culosis hospital will give careful thought
to the quite evident objections to the
Randall Station tract. which I have
voiced in this communication"
George S. Wilson, director Of the
Board of Public Welfare. who said that
plans for the new adult hospital were
Cnly in a formative state. took the OBJ
jections under consideration. He said
there were strong arguments against
the Buena Vista location and other
arguments in favor of it which must
be considered together.