New Jersey College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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totelmed school to end Jersey City ties Jon. I By BRUCE BAILEY to study under. an temporary he board of trustees of the w Jersey College of Medi-A e and Dentistry last night contract, but this d1d not set well with Mayor Thomas A. Whelan. Whl wh6 admitted he closed it had voted' to 'dis- 1 239: ,, tinue its ties with the Jer- was Lsilghtllfjoff ,PPP Pitt CEI THE F increase, they can get out so I can deal with someone more respectable. Smith never gave me any 'indication of their planned action. Whelan said thatyduringx the 1.,n+ m 992,-Q nm f-ihnhzas snh-I TURE? XPERTS AGREE THAT THE MEDIC L IDE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TRAINING NS. 0 fill Dill UNE DULLAR AREA eegegaresver Pleas Appeal l s to Arrange Meeting To LBJ d Trustees, Citizens Studied ii. s,3Z2TZfZ?Z?l1Z'la ...,..... semen Hughes I-n+ y For i Jersey Presider the city ' 0 patient 6 mllllon id his orders for a sweep- g 'shutdown of about two- irds of the hospital would on as scheduled. In one' of the first 'direct oves, dismissal notices will out to 1,100 employes, of the cnrtnl. .fnrnmfrnur Stop Whelan ,-ouncil L Mayor Thomas J. Whelan i YK y ew Jerseys First and Unls 7 eel Schoo W- A Suck By joseph R. Hixson Ol The Herald Tribune Staff JERSEY CITY. It is typical of the hassle that may cost New Jersey its only medical school th-at state authorities and the Mayor of this city can't even agree on how many square feet of the Jersey City Medical Center are being rented to the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry for 523,000 a, month. Situated right ln the heart of Hudson County politics, the 301year-old towerimz stone medical center with 1,840 beds has been embroiled :ln a bit- Patzent ready yfaced with a flnancl: crisis that is going to requii the state's first income tax. Mayor Hugh Addorlizio 1 Newarlrhas offered the fact ities of the big Newark C11 Hospital to train the colleg third and fourth-year sta dents in medicine and ped atrics. The Governors spoke: man said other hospitals ha bid for part or all of the oo' lege, Which, was purchased h the state for S4 million la: July from Seton Hall' Un. versity. But the gubernatorial timism seems to regard rnaedicallcollege as a piece Hospital utback v otf tg? Ajiiglltdedical Center with the city council voting unanimously to U bl-ILLUUC. lVJ.U.,YU.l VLABUIIAUD 'lelan says this city '6an't 1 'to maintain the medl- hpol at the city's medical The city pays 345,000 to the medical school patient. care 'of the and it gets back- the 523.000 rental from help care for patients an keep the Mayor's hospi budget down. The medic staff fees would be more tha 345.000 without them. Dean McCormick is leavin the college for good next su mer. Most of his stu

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ECONOMY naive STARTSQJAN. 3 450 students caught in med school hassle By ,PETER WEINSTOCK ight in 'the middle ofthe ent discord between the wHJersey College of Medi- e and Dentistry and its rsey City landlords are They face two problems. Jersey City Mayor Whelan Wednesday announced an economy drive at ,Jersey City Medical Center-the school's quarters-starting Jan. 3 that college's accreditation. On the other hand, the Jersey City corporation counsel, T. James Tumulty, said Thursday the college could wind up out of a home because its contract First and second year stu- dents declared the planned dismissal beginning Jan. 3 ot 1,000 hospital employes and loss of 800 beds as the end of the Jersey City Medical Cen- The present order calls for the reduction of beds to 400-a move that sophomore, Ron Meltzer of Dumont, considers a threat to the medical school accreditation. me 450 students. reportedly could imperil the with the city expires Dec. 31. ter. Most medical schools are ,ag ,ia ,d COLLEGE CANNOT P Fair, nll1de:ueflm:glww,'hi2h llJ1lfei0?os.1 99th,Year-No. 202 p.3'f?'5.?25'oft'Sl In Hos ital 1.0. ll DISAST + T . 3 'Catastrophe' Seen Doctors Seek Break In Ho pitol Crisis break in the situation which will face the public the end Hudson County physicians today were seeking feverishly some e . . -w ek because the New Jersey College of Medicine and D - -i '- Q ha d 'ded to ll 't Medical Students Complain Transfer Costs Experience sl eci pu ou Medical Center. As one man with mang of practice in Jersey C it: . The city, the county state are now all embai a course 'of conduct tt only spell catastrophe people of Hudson Coun New Jersey. 'WITHIN THREE wen Jersey City Medical Cen be closed 'to all but tl gent, New .Iersey's onli cal school will have shu 320 .medical and 160 den of this T-'-:if Colleg Will Dela Move 5, To Meet on Month Halt' ,RE The med school deti By WILLIAM J. MADDEN Jersey City's widely an- nounced S5 million 'annual 'def- icit in maintaining its Medi- cal' Center is,actually nearer S6 million. Another S1 million charge .and thus me salary, like the other items in the appropria- tions account, does not show up as a direct charge to the hospital. Also, the city provides three firemen at the center, two ---.ont-is and o linxxtnnanl' cal Center situation, sai believed' such things as bage collections and service would also be against the city and not as a direct charge agains hospital. - hnnnifn nh-Ann :Jehu-1 PERMANENT HOME FOR THE N. J. COLLEGE OF MEDICI

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