Show COUNTY SEEKS INFORMATION ON HOSPITAL RULE ROLE 12 Other Cities Asked to Tell Policies for Control Salt Lake county will endeavor to unravel its tangled hospital affairs af at- fairs airs in the light of ot experience of oth other r counties Commissioner B. B F. F Quinn said Wednesday Mr Quinn in charge of ot the department department department de de- de- de of health and charities announced that he is writing to 12 other cities where county hospitals are arc maintained asking questions regarding the administration of oC those hospitals The replies he said will be used in guiding the county commissioners in their plans for re reorganization reorganization reorganization re- re organization of ot the Salt Lake General General General Gen Gen- eral hospital One of the questions asked will seek information on policies affectIng affecting affecting affect affect- ing admission of private pay patients patients patients pa pa- where such practices put the county hospital in competition with private hospitals in those cities Will Vill Ask Terms Another phase of ot the questionnaire questionnaire questionnaire question question- will concern appointment of superintendents Mr Quinn will ask by whom are the tho superintendents dents appointed whether they are time part-time or time full officials and whether the superintendents are arc al allowed allowed al- al lowed to treat their private patients at the county hospitals Mr Quinn said that in view vie of the time that will be required to receive replies and to allow the county commissioners to study them reorganization of the Salt Lake General hospital must wait from 30 to 15 45 days Will ViII Seek Contract The principal feature of the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed reorganization will be Mr Quinns Quinn's request that the superintendent superintendent superintendent of ot the hospital Dr R. R J J. Alexander be asked to enter into a contract with the county making him responsible for the entire operation operation operation oper oper- of the hospital delegate to him the tho task taste of staffing the tho Mr Quinn said he would ask that the superintendent be restrained from treating his own patients at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake General hospital and indicated he planned to use the re replies replies replies re- re plies to his letters in placing his request before the other commis commis- |