CMMC Chairman Bares Plans for Improvement

              8-A Friday, August 18, 1972 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES
Board Holds First Meet
CMMC Chairman Bares Plans for Improvement
I this medical school and recogni-tion
of the responsibility in the
education and training of the
same needy it has always
served medically so very well."
Referring to the medical
school as the groom and
Confederate as the bride, Quinn
said, "I know it's been difficult
for the bride and the groom to
be living with the b r i d e 's
parents before the wedding and
this explains part of the prob-lem.
The bride does not have
her trousseau and her house in
good order, and she has been
restricted by her budget and by
some old maid advice that has
not fit her needs today.
"And," the chairman contin-ued,
"the groom is not without
Among New Members of the Confederate Memorial
Hospital Board of Directors who were administered
their oaths of office Thursday at the hospital were (top
row, left to right) Mrs. Lawson Wilder of Homer,
Ralph R. Hall of 116 Piano, Dr. J. Dudley Talbot of
2748 Virginia Ave., Dr. W. J. Hill Jr. of 6908 East
Ridge Drive, (bottom row, left to right) Dr. B. M.
Kalstone of 6005 Southern Ave., Wilbur T. Purvis of
Mansfield, Dr. James Tucker of 3710 Gilbert Drive,
and the Rev. Abraham Davis, pastor of St. Paul United
Methodist Church.
By Margaret Martin
Times Medical Writer
There's going to be a wedding
between the LSU School of
Medicine in Shreveport and
Confederate Memorial Medical
Center, Harold K. Quinn, newly
appointed CMMC board of direc-tors
chairman, said yesterday.
Confederate is the teaching
hospital for the LSU Medical
School. The wedding Quinn
referred to would mean more
cooperation between the two
bodies. Various problems have
arisen on occasion over such
things as priorities and authori-ty.
Quinn also indicated that
more members of m i n o r i t y j
croups will be hired as part of
the hospital staff. There are
very few black employes above
the janitorial level now on the
payroll.
Quinn spoke at the first
gathering of the new board.
Also attending were officials of
the medical school and Con-fererate.
Northwestern State
University, hospital architects
and State Rep. H. M. Fowler.
The meeting was held in the
Confederate auditorium. Robert
Push reDresented the gover-nor's
office.
Board members present were
the Rev. A. E. Davis. Ralph R.
Hall, Dr. W. J. Hill Jr., Dr.
B. M. Kalstone. Dr. J. D. Tal-bot
and Dr. J. W. Tucker, all of
Shrevepor+; A n d r e Joyce of
Minden; Dr. J. D. Huckaby of
C o u s h a 11 a; W. T. Purvis of
M a n s f i e l d and Anna Laura
Wilder of Homer. Absent was
Jack H. Clayton of Haughton.
Quinn told the gathering of
some 100 people — including
former board chairman T. B.
Lanford — that there were two
major problems the new board
must face. Thev are. he said,
the wedding of the hospital to
his share of problems, too. He
has not always remembered his
obligation to his patients, be-cause
he has had to follow the
demands of a curriculum set
down for his interns and resi-dents,
and maybe he did not
have his own house in order
either.
"Maybe he didn't sweet talk
his bride — I don't know, but we
are going to tave a wedding
[soon and now," Ouinn told the
group.
Referring to the blacks who
make up most of the patient
load in the community, the new
chairman said, "It is easy for
jus to say 'Civil Service rules,'
all of which we cannot ignore.
However, I think this is some-what
of an excuse and what we
really were saying is that we do
not have the priorities written
down to develop all of the
people of this community.
"If people from our poor
cannot meet the high standards
we set for this hospital, we will
not lower these standards, but
we will train, we will tutor, we
will crutch these u n t r a i n e d
people up to our demanding
standards," said Quinn, refer-ring
to hiring of minority groups
i at the hospital.
The future of Confederate is
secure, Quinn said, adding,
"With new federal medical
care, this hospital will no longer
be what it is today. It will be
paid for each patient day."