Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-09-06
The Butler County General Hos
pital.

EDITOR CITIZEN: You kindly
allow space in your Taper for few
words about the Butler County General
Hospital.
Being compelled to have leg ampu-
tated, / came to the Butler Hospital to
have the operation performed. For
pastime and to let my friends know
how / spent my first Sabbath at the hos
pital | wrote a short note for the CITI-
ZEN Since then have been requested
to write something more and send it to
other papers in the county, and believ-
ing that the vast majority Of people in
the county have 10 proper conception OF
what kind of an institution there is here,
| decided to write a short account OF my
experience in the hospital.
On the 10th of MAY ny limb was am
putated by DR.. Atwell, assisted by 9th
er members of the staff. / remained in
the hospital for five weeks and | think
it would have been impossible for any
one to receive better treatment or kind
er attention than / received from all
connected with the hospital.
Matron, doctors and nurses appear TO
vie with each other in trying 70 make
the patients comfortable and happy. At
any hour of the day or night n tap Of
your bell will brig some one who IS
ready to minister to your wants. !
suppose there are few who will take
exception TO this statement, because il
Hospitals as in all other places in life.
YOU will occasionally find person who
never has o thought about the comfort
or convenience of anybody but big !.
While nurses are generally models Of
patience they are not all Angelic beings
and are liable to have their patience
worn out by persons who will call them
from the second or third floor for some
thing for which they could easily have
waited short time until the nurse was
through attending to some one probably
needing attention mnch more. just
here / will offer prescription which l
believe will if followed add greatly to
the comfort and happiness of all who
have to be patient in Hospital, lst
never allow any person to do anything
for you which you can do for yourself, I'd
do everything you can for the comfort
and happiness of those about you wheth-
er patients or attendants. If you care
fully follow these two simple rules You
will find the Hospital employees farmore
willing to wait on you than if you are
eternally demanding this or that favor
regardless of the rights and comforts Of
others.
| left the Hospital before my limb was
entirely healed and by some mishap, got
it infected andhad to come back to the
Hospital but thanks TO the treatment
reed my limb is much better. While
| was away from the Hospital there was
a change in the staff of Dr's and also in
the purses, but for efficiency and kind
\ A -
the staff is composed of Dr's. Hoover.
R: J. Grossman, Nicely, McAlpine and
Williams. The day nurses are Miss
Brainard than whom finer nurse can
not be found) and MISS Thompson Il new
one of whom / saw but little. The
might nurses are Miss Duncan and Mrs.
Shaney.
The Hospital accommodations are
ample for fifteen patients and in an
emergency can accommodate a few
more. At the present time there are
seventeen patients. All under the kind
but efficient supervision of Miss Emma
Limberg the superintendent The
Hospital is beautifully located at the
south end of Main st. on the hill side
where you have splendid view Of the
greater part of the city. / want TO say
to all the sick or manned in the county
this is the place for you because the con
veniences for attending to the sick are
such that you will get better care than
you can possibly get at home without
going to the expense Of bring traine
nurse which will cost from twenty to
twenty five dollars per week | wish to
suggest to the rich and charitably in
clined that you can find a splendid oppor
tunity for doing good to humanity by
donating something to the Hospital.
The expense for medicine help and board
are so much and the charges 50 light
lone dollar per day for ward and fro m
ten TO fifteen dollars per week for
private room that it is not self support
ing. So don't be afraid to give for it is
more blessed to give than to receive.
J. p. Davis,
Isle, Pa.