Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
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Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States
That the Director of the Veterans’ Bureau be requested to secure
legislation so that the expenses of the patient’s transportation to
his bona fide home, when he has been discharged for disciplinary
reasons, be deducted from his compensation, when compensation is
being given, or may be given thereafter.
DR. KLAUTZ: said it was his opinion that it was better to put a man right on
the train and send him home.
CAPT. BLACKWOOD: “In view of the remarks made at this meeting yesterday in
regard to the nurses, and in view of the fact that Congress is
contemplating the question of pay for the services, I would like to
present this resolution:”
_RESOLUTION_
Be it resolved that it is the sense of this meeting that the pay of
the nurses of all branches of the Government service is far below
what it should be and therefore is a detriment to the entrance to or
continuance in those services of the better type of nurses, and that
it be urged upon Congress by the Federal Board of Hospitalization
that legislation be enacted to remedy this condition.
This resolution was adopted.
DR. KLAUTZ: offered the following resolution, which was also adopted:
_RESOLUTION_
That a standard procedure be adopted for the treatment, medical
supervision and control of tuberculous patients in all Government
hospitals for ex-service men, including uniformity in matters of
furlough, application of occupational therapy and pre-vocational
training, as far as it may be possible, without sacrificing
individualization of treatment.
The meeting adjourned at 12:25 P. M.
_Sixth Session_ Thursday, January 19, 1922.
Present: Members of the Federal Board of Hospitalization and about one
hundred Conferees.
GENERAL SAWYER: In arranging the program of this afternoon, we wish you to
consider it as open for discussion for bringing to the attention of the
Conference any subject which you may have in mind.
We have divided the work in this way. In order that we might have some
leading thought from which to start and upon which to base our
discussions, I would remind you that in the n.p, and tubercular case,
the Government has its greatest liability.
I would remind you also that particularly in the n.p. case the medical
man has his greatest responsibility.
We have learned by comparison month by month since taking over this work
that the general medical case has already become a quite rapidly
decreasing case in numbers. We find, however, that the mental case and
the tubercular subject are both increasing in number. We realize that in
the general medical case ultimately we must get to a place where we
shall have finished largely with that character of case.
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