A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Courier. This week’s entry comes from the March 9, 1921 edition of the newspaper.
Hospital Denies Nasty Statements
Reports which have been circulated about town to the effect that the Harriman Hospital (on Wilson Avenue in Bristol) is refusing to accept charity patients, and is sending such patients to Philadelphia, are emphatically denied in a statement issued by the Board of Managers of the Institution, following a meeting held yesterday afternoon.
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The statement of the Managers is as follows:
The management of our hospital has recently been informed that a report has been circulated in our community to the effect that worthy poor patients have been denied admittance to the hospital. How this story started we do not know but we desire to express in terms as forceful as possible that there is no truth in the statement. Since the hospital has been taken over by the community, no case of acute illness or accident has been turned away.
Contagions diseases such as scarlet fever and diptheria are not admitted to any general hospital by order of the State Department of Health.
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All emergency cases are admitted to our hospital without question. An application for free attention and care must pass before the Board of Managers Any other procedure would be an injustice to the community supporting the institution.
Inquires relating to the management suggestions and constructive criticisms are welcomed by the management but we do most earnestly object to the circulation of reports having no basis in fact – Board of Managers Harriman Hospital.
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