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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF -HE UNITED STAThS
WASHINGTON DC 20548
7 ,JSRELEASED
B-164031(2) September 18, 1970
bear Mr. Teague.
In response to your request of May 1, 1970, we have inquired into
certain issues raised by Dr. D. Gordon Johnston, a faculty member of
the Department of Medicine of the University of California at
Los Angeles, concerning a training grant awarded to the university by
the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare.
Under the grant, funds are provided for training physic]ans in
hematology, a branch of medicine concerned with the formation, func-
tion, and diseases of the blood. The hematology training program at
the university has been supported by the National Institutes of Health
since fiscal year 1957, and grants awarded through fiscal year 1971
total about $725,900.
In essence, the following statements were made by Dr. Johnston in
his letter to you oi April 23, 1970.
1. Two program participants expressed to him their dissatisfac-
tion with the benefits obtained from the training they had received, a
third participant, after completing I year, told him that she had no
idea as to what she would be doing during her second year.
2. Some office personnel paid with grant funds are utilized pri-
marily for work related to the private patients of the physician in
charge of the training program, and participants in the progiam are
unable to obtain needed typing services.
3. Under this training program, young physicians completely
trained in a specialty are maintained in a sheltered environment for
1 or 2 years at Government expense, while the public is faced with a
serious health crisis due to a shortage of physicians.
We discussed the training program with Dr. Johnston, the three
participants referred to in his letter, and university officials
directly responsible for the training grant. Also, we reviewed account-
ing and administrative records maintained by the university melative to
the grant. As requested by Dr. Johnston, we did not disclose his iden-
tity to the university officials with whom we discussed his criticism.
The information obtained by us regarding the issues raised by
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