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- THE HOME JOURNAL
A Virgin Islands Publication
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: Wednesday and Saturday
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" Saturday, December 20 1952
. Hospital Fees
| Governor de Castro has
. -submitted to the Munici
. pai Council an ordinance
' to authorize the establish
ment ot fees for medical
{ care in the municipality,
- and has urged immediate
- enactment of this legisla
etrm. -
| The bill would authorize
the Governor, with the ad
vice of the Commissioner
.~ of H-aith, to establish a
scheduie of fees for me
dical treatment, surgical
operafions, and dental and
hospital services. All
p :isons, except those who
are indigent, would be re
quired to pay the fees.
Hardship cases, that is,
patients w h o seek free
medica: serve 2 on the
ground that they cannot
afford to pay, would be re
viewe: by a special C m
mifttee on Hospital Fees,
~which would be composed
-of seven members, includ
ing four government offi
cials and three other in
dividuals.
T h e ordinance further
provides tkat if any per
son neglects or refuses to
pay any fees for medical
care within ninety day s
the Sheriff shall have au
thority to collect the same
by the attachment and
sal: of ‘personal property
of the debtor.
Under the proposal, doc
tors, dentisis and nurses
would be autho ized to
charge professional ser
vice fees to private
patients in tre hospital,
“provided that if munici
* pal supplies are us ed,
their annual c: st shall be
billed monthly by the mu
‘nicipal hospital and paid
for by the private prac
tion-r monthly. Municipal
physicians, dentists anad
nurses may charge f or
fe s for services rendered
outside of their regula
duties.”
~ Another important p ro
vision in the ordinance is
the'one that requires per
sons who require medical
caie to pay a d posit prior
to . receivingsuch
}care, eXcept in cases
Where adjustment of the
‘hospitalbiii wiii be regnired.
~ The Governor aud o her
officiais are urging enact
ment of thisordinance with
in the next few days. No
doubt, there is need for
speed since the new hospi
tal will go into operation
within a few months. But
that does not mean that the
proposal should not be sub
jected to tie most careful
Sheriff’s Sale
It is hereby brought to Pub
lic Notice Ihat, in compliance
with an Order of Execution is
sued by the District Court o
the Virgin Island<, (Civil No.
275-1952) the Sheriff has
seized the following vessel in
an action for Debt: |
Six ton British Sloop ‘Centaur’
The above named vescel will
be offcred for.sale at a Public
Auction to be held in the vici-‘
nity o' the Vilia Olga where it"
1S presentiy moored, at 10]
o’clock a m. on Tuesday, De-i
cember 30, 1952, and sold to
the highest bidder.
Earle H. Charles
Sheriff
Office of the Sheriff*
St. I"homas, Virgin Islands ‘
December 18, 1952
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scrutiny. For one thing we
are opposed to the suggest
ed make-up of the Commit
tee on Hospital Fees, with
government officials com
prising the majority. Other
amendments which would
make sure that our good
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intentions areactually
translated into law are ne
cessary. We are too famili
ar with the previous hard
boiled attitude of the offi
cials who will enforce the
law to give them a blank
check.