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Explanation
of the Hospital on Point Three of the Internes Declaration La
Patrie, Monday June 18, 1934, pp. 3, 30 "Given
the error in interpreting the vote taken by the Medical Board of Notre-Dame Hospital
on May 31 1934, the Medical Board unanimously supports the position taken by the
authorities of Notre-Dame Hospital on the disciplinary questions concerning the
appointment of internes". It
will be remembered that the internes had requested that newspapers publish their
official statement. Paragraph three of that statement was misinterpreted. The
Medical Board of Notre-Dame Hospital explains it as follows: "the Medical
Board unanimously supports the position taken by the authorities of Notre-Dame
Hospital on the disciplinary questions concerning the appointment of internes".
The Medical Board would not have been apprised of the Jewish question, but it
simply approved the Board of Administration on the disciplinary issues, without
approving the manner in which the internes acted. The internes would have wrongly
interpreted the decision of the Medical Board in thinking that it had approved
their manner of seeing and understanding the issue from the point of view of nationality.
Clarifying this misunderstanding should facilitate the negotiations this afternoon. ©
1999 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College |