WILLIAMS v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF HALL COUNTY

44087.

119 Ga. App. 626 (1969)

168 S.E.2d 336

WILLIAMS, By Next Friend v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF HALL COUNTY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Crudup, for appellant.

Whelchel, Dunlap & Gignilliat, James A. Dunlap, Weymon H. Forrester, for appellees.


HALL, Judge.

1. The motion to dismiss the appeal is denied.

2. The defendant hospital contends that it has the absolute right to refuse to give emergency treatment to any person. No hospital, public or private, is under a common-law duty to accept everyone who applies for admission; nor is there a duty to maintain an emergency ward. However, this is not the same as the duty owed by a public hospital supported by public tax funds which does maintain emergency...

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