Word: bch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First, Ms. Freedberg referred to a figure of $8.2 million in "grants and endowments" held by Harvard. The figure involves no grants. It is all endowment. Also, Harvard did not "vow" to withdraw this from the BCH. Harvard did indicate that if forced out of the Hospital the support of the income from that endowment would be lost insofar as the BCH was concerned...
...should have been clear to the spokesman that research and teaching are certainly not incompatible with patient care. In fact, good patient care intimately involves both research as well as teaching. Further, one could point to the many areas of patient care rendered by Harvard personnel, both within the BCH and in neighborhood health centers throughout the city, as indicative of the Medical School's strong commitment to the delivery of medical care. Herbert A. Shaw Director of Medical Information
...Trustees of the Department of Health and Hospitals gave Boston University administrative control over Boston City Hospital, Harvard Medical School not only lost control over a major medical school facility, it witnessed the end of a 110-year relationship. We are especially saddened by this connection's end because BCH is precisely the sort of inner city hospital with which Harvard should maintain its links...
...commend Harvard for reasserting its traditional responsibilities at BCH. Harvard's decision not to withdraw immediately will safeguard the hospital's daily operations. Any other decision by Harvard, regardless of its long-term intentions, would be grave disservice to current Boston health care needs. We recommend that B.U. activity seek to maintain Harvard's and Tufts's current levels of activity at BCH...
...hope that health care at BCH will not be affected by these shifts in administration. Whatever the long-term policy requirements of the universities operating BCH, the health needs of inner city Boston must not be disregarded...