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
When application for treatment is made by an ex-member of the Canadian
forces, the medical representative of the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau to whom
such application is made will communicate with the District Manager in
order to obtain particulars regarding the man’s military or naval status
and medical history, and the District Manager will communicate with the
Bureau (Assistant Director, Medical Division, Attention Foreign
Relations Section), which will obtain from the Government of Canada the
necessary information. If additional information is required, the
District Manager, if speed be necessary, will request such additional
information by telegram. In no case should treatment be undertaken
pending receipt of authority from the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, unless the
call be one of emergency, and in all emergency cases the medical officer
in the field is authorized to give prompt service.
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS:
The articles of agreement with Canada have been supplemented with a
letter of instructions that clearly sets forth just how service is to be
given by representatives of this Bureau to beneficiaries of the Canadian
Government. This letter of instruction is a guide for the
representatives of this Bureau in the field as to proper procedure when
any doubtful situation should arise, and has been sent to the District
Managers in such numbers as to furnish each medical officer with a copy.
It is possible that some of you gentlemen are not in possession of these
instructions; should such be the case, a number of copies are at your
disposal here, and may be obtained from the stenographers’ table.
NUMBER OF CANADIAN EX-SERVICE MEN CARED FOR BY THIS BUREAU:
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