Show I Citizens Hampering I I I Emergency Use of Hospital Report I City health physicians n. n have noted with alarm the increasing number of people who flock to the emergency hospital who have no right to the use of ot that institution Dr Willard Villard I said today that servIce service ice to those in great danger had been hampered upon occasion through citizens citizens citi citi- zens coming for treatment whose cases did not come within the scope of first aid treatment I Dr John J. J Galligan emergency I hospital physician writes the following following follow follow- I ing letter to Dr I After careful analysis of ot over six thousand cases casE'S received at the emergency emer emer- gency hospital during the past two years your attention is respectfully called to the fact that the service Inthe in inthe the institution Is greatly mIsunderstood misunderstood stood by the majority of the citizens of Salt Lake The emergency hospital Is a first aid station for all accidents on the city streets Injuries received through explosions or in burning buildings and att attempted murders or suicides Ki Ll the event of any great disaster the facilities of the Institution are utilized for public service In any and all cases the patient has the privilege of his own doctor and whenever first aid Is rendered by h hospital attaches the case is s su subsequently referred to the family physician I feel teel in the Interests of economy and better service that cases should not be brought from the homes unless upon medical advice as in many In Instances Instances In- In stances they are not emergencies For Forno Forno no other reason moreover should medical cases be received for treat treat- ment On many occasions positive harm has been done to a patient through unnecessary transportation |