Show san juan county medical coop co op calls emergency meeting A meeting of the san juan county medical cooperative committee with dr I 1 W allen alien was held in the county courthouse at monticello utah at p m on december 26 to discus and consider a solution to the problem facing us althis time occasioned by the present illness of dr harold austin those present in addition to dr allen alien were chairman ralph A bailey secretary wm ervin palmer leland W redd K S summers L frank redd Ev eva black aBlack margaret C perkins jos B harris john D rogers and vernon C rowley the question of our finances the possibility of obtaining the assistance si of another doctor and what should be done to relieve the situation confronting our program during the illness of dr austin was carefully discussed and considered at great length the advisability and the financial possibility lity of obtaining the services of a second doctor to assist us during the re remainder of the p present r es contract year as well as to remain permanently as an added ser service vi c e of aur our med medical ic al program was also carefully considered cons dered after weighing all angles of our program considering tb the e need for an additional doctor and surveying the financial possibility of maintaining two local doctors one to reside in blanding and one in monticello the consensus of opinion of the entire group precipitated the following resolution that in view of the present disability of dr harold austin dr 1 I W allen alien be requested to proceed at once to obtain the services of a second doctor to assist in our me medical dieal program during the remainder of this contract year and to remain permanently that after january 1 1940 the towns of blanding and monticello be asked to supply office off ice space with heat light and water to the doctors as the cities contribution to the medical program and that beginning july 1 1940 contracts be increased both in price and in number to the equivalent of contracts at for doctors services in order to maintain the services of two local doctors hereafter the above resolution was approved by dr 1 I W allen alien and was adopted by unanimous vote of all present on motion of leland W redd seconded by ver verj j non C rowley I 1 the written reque request of vint P lyman for a refund of his contract money because of his removal from the county was presented by the secretary after due consideration of the matter the committee voted unanimously on motion of vernon C rowley seconded by margaret C perkins to deny the request and instructed the secretary to notify mr lyman of the decision but to advise him that his contract will remain in full force f orce and effect until june 30 1940 should he need or desire to use the services available under his contract |