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Letter
of Resignation of Dr. Rabinovitch LOrdre,
June 19, 1934 Montreal,
June 18th, 1934 The
Board of Directors, Nôtre-Dame Hospital, Montreal. Gentlemen: In
view of the distressing, serious and dangerous condition to which the patients
of the Nôtre-Dame and other hospitals have been exposed because of the refusal
of a number of their internes to take orders from their superiors and the embarassement
that the various boards of Nôtre-Dame and other hospitals, I feel it my duty as
a Physician to tender my resignation as interne to your hospital. May
I take the opportunity of expressing to you my sincere appreciation for the very
fine stand that you have taken in this manner, also state that this stand played
its part in my present action because I felt that the least I could do was not
to embarras you further. I
feel that my decision will meet with the approval of the entire Jewish community
because the care of the sick has always been of first importance with the Jewish
people. I bemoan
the fact taht so many French Canadian Physicians, namely graduates, should have
ignored the first duty of their oath which they have so recently taken and I am
glad of the fact that my resignation will make possible the immediate care that
is so badly needed by those poor unfortunates who are to-day patients in the hospitals
affected by the controversy. Again
thanking you for the many kind considerations and assuring you taht I am always
at your disposal. Very
truly yours, Sam
Rabinovitch, BA, MD ©
1999 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College |