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Show DOCTOR CALLS . ATTEHTIOM TO i HOSPITAL NEED County Midio Say Crisis Ex-lit Ex-lit in Oirt-Pstint . Department Attention of county commissioner m called Wednesdsy to the crisis existing In the out-patient department at the Salt Lake County General hospital, hos-pital, where It haa been necessary to cloae the tonall clinic, "Arrangement (or severs! tonall operationa dally have been made (or every day up to June." Dr. R. J. Alexander, Alex-ander, auperlntendent of the hospital, reported. "The out-patient department depart-ment la rapidly approachlnf the aatu-ration aatu-ration point, ai (ar a the number of patienta la concerned, and aieo from the atandpolnt of available doctor to take care of the patienta." The letter atated the number of per-aona per-aona receiving care at thi department depart-ment nearly trebled between 1828 and 1832, when total of $3,400 persona received treatment. Dr. Alexander pointed out that the eye clinic It rapidly reaching the ta-tua ta-tua which the tonall clinic haa already al-ready reached. Condition In both department are working hardahipa on children, who form a Urge percentage per-centage ot the patient. The auperlntendent aald he (eared doctors, becauae of economic condition, condi-tion, are going to refua to give their time and eervicee a they have don (or month peat to the out-patient department "It I not fair, under present conditions, con-ditions, to increase the number of health nurses, soclsl workers, relief workers, and leave actual health service, ser-vice, so (ar as medical attention is concerned, unchsnged in any way," wrote Dr. Alexander. "I urge that something be done to relieve the situation w are (scing, and that physicisn who servs th institution freely be placed on a salary sal-ary (or three months. All medical car inside th hospital Itself should till rontlnu to be gratis." Th letter was referred to th committee com-mittee of th whole and taken under advisement |