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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The President reported that hospital costs continued to increase, as an offset to this,
in April, 1951 a substantial increase in rates was made with the hope that sufficient revenues
would be received to offset the increase in costs. Actually, collections are not holding up and
the Hospital is running at a deficit. The President stated that the cost of caring for indigents
at the Hospital, which now requires a State appropriation of approximately $800,000 a year, must
somehow be shifted from the University if adequate support for the University is to be obtained
from the Legislature