Dgh Task Force

DGH TASK FORCE

An 11 -member task force has been appointed by Gov. Milliken and Mayor Young to make recommendations eoncerning ending Detroit's reponsibiltty for management and control of Detroit General Hospital (SUN, April 8).

Task force chair person Jay G. Endsley, director of the Office of Health and Medical Affairs, Michigan Department of Management and Budget, said the panel will "seek to find the most expeditious way of removing DGH from management by the city."

He said that the State, Wayne State University and so-called public benefit corporations are contending for takeover of the facility.

A public benefit Corporation would disassociate the hospital from city control and give over budgetary and administrative duties to a semi-autonomous, nonprofit Corporation, according to New Detroit's Bud Brooks.

Presently, the city and state are sharing equally in subsidizing of the expected $16 million 1976-77 operating deficit. The State will provide the city with $8 million, or 50 per cent, of the operating deficit, whichever is the lesser amount.

Endsley says the task force's first job is to set a course of action for determining which of the concerned institutions the force will recommend. The task force, which will present its recommendations to the Governor and the Mayor by Nov. 30, will hold its first meeting later this month.

Among task force panel members are Elliot C. Roberts, Director of Detroit General Hospital; Walter I. Stecher, budget director of the City of Detroit; and George Gullen, president of Wayne State University.