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Show IVetes-asis Advised I Procedure Sn ! Word . ji'st received from the i VA' hospital in Salt Lnko City ; inuiccUs that many Utah velcr-1 velcr-1 iwv.i ?'-( onrushi? v; distinction b'.'lwc'ii ( ,;t;i". i icnt and hospital-ixnt'on hospital-ixnt'on j.ri vil '-.; s as admin 'sler-cl 'sler-cl by the VA, according lo O. L. L'.:i lo:..' contact rcpicsenlativc in ch:". ;7" ol f on met office in t i i c Ui,n.-h Basin.' j Dr. Wrnvn A. --Colton, man-arrr man-arrr of ilio VA general medical; ar.d S'.'i-ylcal hospilal at 12th Avfiiue and "E"' Streets, points, o :i t'li.t 1 i if proper place to go for outpoii-nt treatment thai is, treatments for service connected connect-ed ailm. nts wlicre t!ie nntciit expects to sif-uro t'.:e. treatment a.':d tl.ii loiurn home, is lo the outpatient clinic at 1710 South: Redwood Road Dr. Collon pointed cuthat the . hospital is designed only for cases requiring hospitalization. I j Proper procedure or securing : hospitalization is to file a P-10' application for hospital care through flip VA eon fact offirr. j a service organization or a Red ' Gross chapter. Veterans will then be notified when to appear. In emergency cases however, where where this procedure is impracticable, imprac-ticable, permission for hospital admission must be requested by telephone or teleeraph from the Chief Medical Officer at the hos- j pital. - j All applications for 'dental. I work should be made at local! contact office or the Regional! Office oulpat'cnt clinic on Red-, wood Road. Dr. Colton reports that dozens of veterans arc mis-lakcnly mis-lakcnly appearing at the hospital for dental treatment. This situation sit-uation can lead only to inconvenience incon-venience for the veterans and unnecessary un-necessary work for the hospital staff in directing patients lo the clinic. i |
