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UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to
charge off as uncollectible accounts Schedules 736, 739, 740, 743, 746, 747, 750,
753 and 754, aggregating $101,711.86, as recommended by it.

There followed a discussion of the heavy financial burden imposed on the
University by the failure of county and city governments to provide adequately for
the care of indigents at the University Hospital.

The Board resolved that the Medical Committee make a fresh study of the
problem of indigent hospital costs and proceed with a definite plan for remedial
action, preferably through the General Assembly.