 | Board of Visitors minutes December 14, 1951 |  |
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT OF CURTIS W. WICKER
Name. Curtis W. Wicker
Hospital Admission No.: 298457
Dates: July 10 - October 27, 1950
Balance Due. $1,131.30
Mr. Wicker was admitted as a private patient for a back operation which was estimated to
require approximately two weeks' hospitalization. Complications developed and the patient stayed
here three and one-half months. The total hospital bill was $1,631.30, of which the patient paid
$500.00, giving a 90-day note on the balance. He now writes that he cannot pay and is still unable
to work. Dr. Martinez, the physician in charge, advises that his department made no charge because
in their opinion the patient is permanently disabled.
Financial information indicates that the patient is a farmer with a wife and one child
dependent and makes his living on a thirty-six acre tobacco farm, valued at approximately $10,000.00,
which is free of debts.
Because of the existence of debt free property, the Committee is referring this case to
the Board of Visitors for instructions as to whether the account should be cancelled or be reduced
to judgment and the judgment recorded against the patient's property
The Committee did not like the idea of taking legal action which might have the effect
of putting a disabled person out of a house and home and, at the same time, it was skeptical as
to the University's right to forego subjecting the property to a lien to protect the State's
interest.
The Secretary was instructed to advise the Hospital Accounts Committee to try to secure
a deed of trust on the property and, failing that, to secure a judgment and have it recorded
against the property
| Board of Visitors minutes December 14, 1951 | |