The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
Fabiola to Open It's Fine Surgical Pavilion
 To-Day.
Annual Reports Show That the Hospital Is Very
 Flourishing.
Much Charity Has Been Shown to Patients Who Could Not
 Pay.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
 90S Rroa dway Feb A.

Oakland OffCe- san FTdnClSCO Cdll, 90S. Broadway. Feb. 4. Fabiola Hospital completed it's twen- tieth year of humane work to-day, and at the annual meeting held this after noon the reports of the officers were very gratifying, and show that the in- stitution is in very fourishing con- dition.
 Mrs. Sarah B. Yule, president of the Fabiola Association, took occasion in her report to give comprehensive idea of the work going on in this institu- tion.
 Tomorrow the new surgical annex of the hospital will be opened for pub lie inspection, and 1t is said to be the most perfectly arranged department of it's kind in this State. According to the report, this great improvement was rendered possible by the generosity of Thomas H. Williams IT,, president of the Oakland race track, who institut- ed Fabiola Derby day, giving the en- tire receipts to the hospital. A glance at the treasurer's report shows that the amount from this source reached the generous sum of $3969.
 With this money the directory decid- ed to build the new quarters, and MT. w. Let's Oliver visited and examined many hospital and operating rooms, and from reports received from Europe and the East he compiled the plans on which the building was constructed The result is surgical pavilion con- plete In itself and separated from every other part of the hospital. It consists of two operating rooms, laboratory. an- esthetic room sterilizing room and other apartments, contributing to the perfection of surgical technique. In her report Mrs. President Yule says: "A physician of large experi- ence said to me recently, I have always thought that women cannot manage a hospital, and that a hospital, to be suc- cessful, must be managed by phySi- clans, but when I go to Fabiola and find everything so clean and sweet and cheerful, my patients receiving such excellent care, and everything nov ing so smoothly, I say that only women can manage a hospital In both as- sertions 1 think him wrong, for 1t is a work that calls for the united efforts of women and men, and while our boards of directors and managers are women at Fabiola, and women are talk ing the responsibility and active man. agement, we have been so loyalty as- sisted by men, not only financially but wherever tnelr SclenClHc RnOWleQSe or skill could be of service, that we grate- fully recognize this work, as not women's, not mems, but humanity's. '
 Several other Improvements have been added to the hospital and the fol- lowing paragraph shows how many patients have paid and how many have been treated without payment. During the year we have cared for 570 patients in the hospital and 101 out patients, making a total of 673. Of these 105 have been unable to pay any thing, 133 have paid part of the costs and 49 have paid just the costs. The others have paid regular hospital prices The amount of money expended in caring for patients unable to pay was s51S6 71, which does not include the amount of free work of the district nurses"
 The financial report shows that Mrs Quincy A. Chase. the treasurer. has re- ceived during the year the following amounts: Hospital checks, $20,446 65; cash, s710 27; Derby day. s3969; dona- tion party. s223 45: Rev. P. c. Yorke's lecture, $237 75; Kirkham endowment $260; from reserve fund, $1193 70; bal ance from last year, $3 73; total, $27,- 044 55. The disbursements amounted to s27, ,039 S4. which includes all the running expenses, payments of officers and re- hairs