Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War

by Unknown

METHOD OF PROCEDURE WHEN APPLICATION IS MADE FOR TREATMENT:

When application for treatment is made by an ex-member of the Canadian forces, the medical representative of the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau to whom such application is made will communicate with the District Manager in order to obtain particulars regarding the man’s military or naval status and medical history, and the District Manager will communicate with the Bureau (Assistant Director, Medical Division, Attention Foreign Relations Section), which will obtain from the Government of Canada the necessary information. If additional information is required, the District Manager, if speed be necessary, will request such additional information by telegram. In no case should treatment be undertaken pending receipt of authority from the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, unless the call be one of emergency, and in all emergency cases the medical officer in the field is authorized to give prompt service.