HUNTINGTON PATIENTS MOVE TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL

Harvard University and the Massachusetts General Hospital have announced that the in-patient and out-patient services of Harvard's Collis P. Huntington Hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer would be transferred to the Massachusetts General Hospital as of tomorrow.

Patients for this diagnosis and treatment will be received at the Masschusetts General Hospital after this date. These services have been carried on at the Huntington Hospital building on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Shattuck Street since 1912.

A substantial part of the research work in cancer at the Huntington Hospital will also be transferred to the Massachusetts General as soon as facilities for the new installation are available.

"This step is being taken," the statement said," in accordance with a long-held belief of both the University and the Massachusetts General Hospital that the care and treatment of medical specialties can be more efficiently handled as part of a large institution of general scope than in smaller individual units.

"Both of the hospitals concerned have been major factors in the study and treatment of cancer in the New England area for many years; and it is confidently believed that the combination of their facilities will not only provide an improved service for patients suffering from malignant disease, but will also render such service more economically to the general community.

"Under the new arrangement, there are being transferred to the Massachusetts General Hospital the in-patient and out-patient services formerly available at the Hunington Memorial.

"By extension of its out-patient service, the Massachusetts General can readily accommodate all patients who have been heretofore using the Huntington. During the last year the Huntington cared for 147,000 out-patient visits.

"The Massachusetts General also has ample space in which to set up additional beds to equal the former complement at the Huntington. There will be no reduction in the number of beds available for the care of cancer patients in the community as a result of the change."