One memorable night, a Model T Ford carrying two adults and six children disputed the right of way with a horse and lost. Nurse Belle Johnson was heard to remark, Their names might have been Brown and Green when admitted but by next morning they were all black and blue. Surgical, medical, obstetric and minor surgery patients handled by the hospital have steadily increased year by year. This increased to 509 in 1945, and further increased to 683 in 1946. Union City, along with many other small communities, feels the need of a new and adequate hospital for a number of reasons, among them being pride as well as local necessity.
Local facilities are essential to serve our health needs.
Lack of such facilities is apparently a major factor in discouraging physicians from remaining in small communities. While the present Union City Hospital has, for a number of years, rendered effective service, it has been due rather to the hard working personnel than to the efficiency of the facilities Union City is entitled to adequate health facilities. Union City will have a new and vastly improved hospital to care for the greatest or the humblest citizen of the area. Union City will accept the present challenge of need confident of ultimate success. It is up to you, and you, and you everyone of you, whether this plan for the New Hospital becomes a reality.