Health Service Gripes: Here's The Real Story
(One of the most common student complaints is about the service in Watkins Memorial Hospital. Is there any reason for the complaints? What's the true story of the medical care students get? This is the first in a series of articles to inform the students about the health service.)
At 11 p.m. one day last year, a student feeling the symptoms of a cold, like thousands of us, made the trip to the University clinic for treatment.
Upon arrival, he learned from the night nurse that during evening hours doctors are on call, and it would take about 15 minutes for the duty doctor to get there. The student left without treatment. However, the nurse urged him to return if he felt worse.
Later that evening during a bull session, he decided the hospital had faults that should be made known. He had not received the treatment guaranteed him. He wrote a letter to the University Daily Kansan.
The University Daily Kansan printed the letter that rekindled the fire of criticism against the health service which has been burning, smoldering, and then burning again for the last few years. The student later admitted his accusation was unfounded, but the damage was done.
Criticism Rekindled
The next day the student was admitted to the hospital. He was released three days later, cured of a sinus infection.
Watkins Memorial Hospital has become a KU gripe in recent semesters. It is a hobby to criticize the health service. Is this criticism just?
After several stories and rumors had been spread around the campus concerning the hospital last year. Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, health service director, called the All Student Council president to see if a student committee could be formed to look into the matter of criticism.
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Committee Formed
A health service liaison committee was created. Its function was to act as a sounding board for student criticisms. If they were logical and constructive, Dr. Canuteson said every possible attempt would be made to correct the situation.
The committee started tracking down rumors. Not one constructive criticism was found. The committee was formed
We criticised the team.
A second committee was formed
this year, Dr. Canuteson hopes that with student cooperation, this committee will be able to get to the bottom of the rumors so that necessary corrections for the betterment of the service can be made, or stop the talk entirely.
Dr. Canuteson believes that a reason for student criticisms is ignorance concerning the health service, its responsibilities to the student and to the University, its function, and its problems.
"I don't like Socialized medicine. It's against the basic concepts of our country."
This is one of the most common statements about the health service. In the first place, the student health service is not a social plan. It is not tax or government supported, but entirely fee supported. Though students are required to pay the health fee at enrollment time, they are not compelled to use the facilities.
Most Practical System It is the most practical system in existence to give the greatest amount of medical care to the largest group of students at the lowest budget cost, Dr. Canute son said
"Those doctors just don't know what's wrong with me," is another frequent complaint. Dr. Canuteson said there are two schools of thought governing this situation. They are: to give a patient something to satisfy him, or to get an accurate diagnosis by observing him over a period of time.
"It usually takes several days to make a detailed, accurate diagnosis. Because we are the type of institution we are, we follow the latter concept," the doctor said.
If numbers are impressive, a peek into hospital records will reveal that during the 1949-50 school term, six University doctors took care of 46,846 calls. The enrollment that year was one of the largest in the history of the school, 8,320 students.
28 Are Pledged By Jay Janes
Jay James, women's pep club, pledged 28 members yesterday. They were selected from 140 candidates who attended the Jay Jane-rush tea Sept. 28. The club has 61 members.
Karen Carlson of Ellinwood,
Gloria Cooper of Chillicothe, Ill.,
sophomores; Betty Lou Douglas,
Kansas City, Kan. junior; Mary
Jean Eckles of Mission; Mary
Lautebach of Colby, Laura Noell
of Kansas City, Mo., Marilyn Haize of
Seneca sophomores.
The new members:
Jo Le Potucet of Wellington, Ruth Guy of Hutchinson, Donna Daise of Ruleton, Kathryn Ehlers of Kansas City, Mo., Caryl Dillon of Hutchinson, Nancy Fujisaki of Kansas City, Kan., sophomores.
Helen Scott of Oakley, Josephine Ruth Taggart of Topeka, Janice Adriance of Seneca, juniors; Judith Morgan of Newton, senior; Delpha T. Battle of Leavenworth, sophomore; Janie Schaake of Lawrence, Evelyn S. Udidike of Olathe, juniors.
Shaaron Steeby of Kansas City, Kan., Martha Billingsley of Kansas City, Mo., Elizabeth Harrison of Davenport, Iowa, Kay Westrup of Woodbine, Shirley Stout of Lombard Ill., Joy Leo of Manhattan, Marilyn Perry of Lawrence, Kay Renfrow of Kansas City, Kan., sophomores.
The all-school migration will be made to the Kansas-Nebraska football game at Lincoln Saturday, Oct. 29, the Froshawks, freshman men's ppel club, decided last night.
Froshawks Plan
Nebraska Game Trip
The Froshawks will leave Saturday morning and will return to Lawrence immediately after the game.
Other groups will make their own plans for the migration.
TWAIN'S TAKE
Redding, Conn. —(U.P.) M a r k Twain earned $11,655 last year. An accounting filed with Probate Judge Hjalmar Anderson by trustees of the estate of the writer, who died 45 years ago, revealed the money came from motion picture companies, literary agencies and publishing houses.
Thursday, Oct. 6, 1955.
University Daily Kansan
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Club Plans Bicycle Picnic
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