The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-29
NEW CHINESE
HOSPITAL
Native Medicines
and Treatments
Are Pau.
American Surgeon and
Nurse Are Now
in Charge.
Institution is Being Modernized.
Free Dispensary a New
Feature.

The old Chinese Hospital, which was
formerly conducted by staff of Chi
nese physicians who used Chinese
medicines almost exclusively, is being
renovated and remodeled and in future
will be conducted by American physi-
clans and nurses and foreign" me Ii
cines will displace the native remediasy
For seven years the hospital, which
is located on Robello lane to the rear
of the Kaiulani school, King street, has
had a precarious existence. Large
sums of money were used to establish
the hospital according to ideas orig
mating in China. Chinese looked
upon the hospital as a place of last
resort-to die in, but not to get well in
Seven months ago, committee of well
known Chinese took hold of the propc-
sition, and decided to institute mater
ial changes in the methods of conduct
ing the establishment as we'll as in the
yearly report just issued shows that
during this time DR.. E. c. Waterhouse
had given his services as physician
and surgeon. The majority of the
cases were consumptives, and in the
whole six months there were 80 pa
tents under treatment. The expenses
were $500, receipts about 500 leaving
a deficit of about $500.
One of the features inaugurated I'M
der the regime of DR.. Waterhouse was
the establishment of free dispensary,
open every Friday at noon, the record
showing that So patients were treated
and received medicines gratis.
The hospital during the past week
has undergone another radical change
in the installation of trained white
nurse, Miss E. M. Warland, who has
assumed charge of the institution.
Miss Warland began systematic rem
ovation of the main two-story hospital
building and the cottages in the spa
cious premises, and from disorder and
dirt, has transformed the establish
ment into a clean, attractive hospital,
buildings has been arranged neatly
The rooms are all being made mos
quito proof, so that the mosquito nets
can be dispensed with, and the cots
are being elevated. But the whole
place is sadly in need of at least one
coat of paint. The operating room
is being given especial attention, and
an effort will be made to have it as
clean as possible, for surgical work
will be made a feature. 1t is hoped
in time to add a maternity and a chill
drens ward.
A new committee has taken hold of
the affairs of the hospital, and today
it will circulate both in the Chinese
and foreign business sections in quest
of contributions to secure a fund with
which to carry out the new plans.
The committee is composed of Ho Fon,
chairman; c. K. Al of the City Mill
Co., Lau Tung, Rev. Wong Yuk Shing,
Lau Tsun Chan, Rev. E. w. Thwing,
VIM. Kwai Fong of the Bank of Ha-
wall, Wong Do. Up Tsz Wan.
Another committee composed equally
of foreign and Chinese ladies has also
been organized, which will also solicit
bed linen and various fixtures for the
hospital. Among them are Mrs. DR..
Waterhouse, Mrs. NJ. Thompson, Miss
Pinder, Mrs. S. NJ. Ballou. Miss Judd,
Mrs. Rugg, L,rs. Berger, Mrs. White
man, Mrs. Krause, Mrs. Kong.
The hospital consists of a main build
ing, with three private rooms upstairs,
and one large room which is being fur
nished by the Sunday school of the
Fort street Chinese church, and a large
dormitory downstairs. The operating
room is also on the ground floor.
There are several cottages, each par
titioned to accommodate several pa
tients. When completed. there will be
space for about forty patients. 1t is
designed also to accommodate other
nationalities, although the hospital was
primarily and especially built for Chi
nese patients.
An assistant to Miss Warland is a
healthy young Chinese girl with an
English education, who is studying to
be a trained nurse to work especially
smeug her own race. This disciple of
Florence Nightingale is Miss Ruth
Law, as the English form of her Chi
nese name is given. and she is the
first of her race in Hawaii to take up
the study Of trained nursing.
Early next month, or as soon as the
remodeling is completed, a reception
will be given at the hospital to which