Testimony of Chief Medical Director, Veterans' Administration: Concerning Veterans' Hospitals, Facilities, and Personnel. June 17 and 18, 19471947 - 42 pages |
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... patients . We had to go back to the Budget and show that the load in tuber- culosis was increasing constantly , and that we had to open three new tuberculosis hospitals . We have on duty today in our hsopitals 61,521 full - time people ...
... patients . We had to go back to the Budget and show that the load in tuber- culosis was increasing constantly , and that we had to open three new tuberculosis hospitals . We have on duty today in our hsopitals 61,521 full - time people ...
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... patients being on the increase . Now , did they contract that in the service , or did they get it after they got out of service ? Dr. HAWLEY . Up until the present time , the vast majority of those cases are service connected , of ...
... patients being on the increase . Now , did they contract that in the service , or did they get it after they got out of service ? Dr. HAWLEY . Up until the present time , the vast majority of those cases are service connected , of ...
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... patient load in the last few months ? Dr. HAWLEY . The trend is level or only slightly upward , because every bed is ... patients in this small hospital , those could be redistributed among the hospitals in that area without increasing ...
... patient load in the last few months ? Dr. HAWLEY . The trend is level or only slightly upward , because every bed is ... patients in this small hospital , those could be redistributed among the hospitals in that area without increasing ...
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... , is 35 cents a patient - day and I do not believe that you could effect any great economy on those low figures . A certain amount of supervision of hospitals is absolutely essential TESTIMONY CONCERNING VETERANS ' HOSPITALS 7.
... , is 35 cents a patient - day and I do not believe that you could effect any great economy on those low figures . A certain amount of supervision of hospitals is absolutely essential TESTIMONY CONCERNING VETERANS ' HOSPITALS 7.
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... patients who had been there for months and years , with no expectation of ever leaving a hospital until they died . Within 3 months after the Social Service Department of only two case workers was organized and functioning , 30 of those ...
... patients who had been there for months and years , with no expectation of ever leaving a hospital until they died . Within 3 months after the Social Service Department of only two case workers was organized and functioning , 30 of those ...
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200-bed hospital ALLEN American Legion Americus answer arthritis atric NP GM&S Bronx building Bureau Calif closed Congress Congressman Taylor construction CROW denied admission district doctors DONOHUE EDITH NOURSE ROGERS employees F M F M F facilities Finney fiscal year 1948 FM FM full-time gentleman from Oklahoma gentleman yield Georgia GM&S Total TB HAWLEY hospital administrators hospital at Saratoga hospital open Hot Springs HUBER Johnson City JOHNSON of Oklahoma JUNE 18 KEARNEY keep this hospital Lake City Madam Chairman MEADE MITCHELL Mount Alto Muskogee NP GM&S Total number of beds number of patients Oklahoma City operate patient-day patients treated permanent PHILLIPS pitals poliomyelitis question RAMEY RANKIN record Ross Saratoga Hospital Saratoga Springs service officers situation small hospital staff statement Tallahassee TEAGUE temporary hospitals Tenn Thomasville Total TB Psychi treatment trying tuberculosis hospitals understand waiting list WHEELER
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