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...patients have begun turning to E.R.s for routine care. According to one nationwide study, more than half of all E.R. patients do not have acute illnesses or injuries, but have nowhere else to go. "The E.R. is the G.P. up here," says Anthony Triulzi, administrator of the 225-bed Kingston (N.Y.) Hospital. "We see everything from cat scratches to gunshots." > Equipment in E.R.s is often poor. A study by the American Hospital Association reveals that of the country's 5,338 community hospitals 5,129 have E.R.s, but almost half lack intensive-care units, 40% lack blood banks...
...many areas, steps are being taken to meet those demands. Several hospitals have hired physicians whose full-time job is to oversee emergency-room procedures. Kingston Hospital pays three doctors $30,000 a year each to provide 24-hour E.R. coverage; long lines of patients still form, although the minimum charge to see a doctor is $16. Other hospitals are seeking to improve care by training doctors specifically to treat acute situations. The 2,000-member American Association of Emergency Room Physicians has been pressing to make emergency medicine a recognized subspecialty. U.S.C. has taken a step in this direction...
...WILLIAM J. ROBERTS Kingston, Tenn...
...curious. Is the odd-looking vessel so strategically placed at the feet of Premier Chou En-lai during audiences with Western visitors [Aug. 23] a spittoon, a good, old-fashioned chamber pot, an incense burner or a Chicom fire extinguisher used for dampening Western overtures? (MRS.) ANDREA R. WALCOTT Kingston, Jamaica...
HOMER GAYNE Kingston, Jamaica...