Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-07
CITY HOSPITAL.
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ton was extended to the pubic to visit
and inspect the institution. The graft
Tying success attending the introduce
ton of this new feature of the Hospi-
tai year would seem to justify its con-
| tinuance.
The training school for nurses has
maintained its good work. The menu
bers of the staff have taken a genuine
| pride i'll their respective courses of in
struction, and have cheerfully devoted
n large amount of time and attention
to the work. AS a result our nurses
are winning friends for the Hospital
wherever they go Since the school
was established eleven pupil nurses
have been graduated, and awarded its
diploma. There are. at the present
time, IS nurses in the school, three of
whom are due to graduate in 1904.
| In this connection We wish to say
that pupil nurses who drop cut OF
training before completing their
courses have nj moral right to wear
the uniform of the school, To 90 so is
to sail under false colors. and physi-
| clans on orr staff owe it to themselves
and the Hospital. to put the prompt
seal of their disapprCval upon any who
may be guilty of such an obvious inn
propriety.
i The demand for nurses has been in
| excess of the supply through great
| portion of the year. notwithstanding
the fact that majority of our gradu-
;utes have settled in Augusta. The
school is now as large as the existing
accommodations of the Hospital will
permit and as large. perhaps, as may
be necessary to meet the demands of
the Immediate future
The improvements already noted.
rendered it necessary for the treasurer
to make a temporary loan of $1,000. In
| View, howe YER, of the fact that this
sum is less than one half of the
amount expended for permanent addi-
tions to the plant the showing is by no
| means a bad one. Aside from this
loan on account OF permanent improve
ments, TIE bills remaining unpaid on
January l. 1904, amount to $9S2.i9.
| Against the present outstanding in
debtedness of the Hospital are collect
able bills. and cash on hand, to the
amount of S532.S7. We hope ut least
: to pay the temporary loan during the
! next two or three months, ana shall
, endeavor, before the close of the year.
to accomplish some reduction in the
principal of our regular debt.
/ There are still many pressing needs
OF the Hospital A machine for elcc-
trical treatment, 4 larger assortment of
Instruments. and an N-ray machine.
, would all contribute to the general eff
ficiency of the institution. 1t would
also be gratifying if the beds could all
be provided with modern adjustable
invalIs' tables. similar to those which
have been contributed to several Of the
private rooms.
| The members of the staff have re-
sponded chcerfully during the past
| year to the increased calls that have
been made upon them by the Hospital,
and the record OF results attaincd.-
oftentim"s in the face Of discouraging
conditions-is the best possible proof of
the high order of professional skill,
which has characterized their work.
Undoubtedly the associations of Il Hos
pital are both stimulating ana broad
ening to the members of the medical
profession. The public is often slow
to recognize the true worth Of home
talent. and it is therefore gratifying To
note in the community Il growing ap-
probation of the fact that our local
physicians are fully abreast of the
times, and are capable of securing pro-
: fessionally for their patients as good
/ results as can be obtained anywhere in
! New England.
| The members of the Hospital Aid
Society have been devoted in their Ia
bors for the welfare of the institution
during the year, and no small part OF
its efficiency is due to their efforts.
| The Directors desire to express their
sincere thanks to the many friends who
have generously remembered the Hos
pital curing the past II months. ana,
! in so doing. pave helped to make the
WEAKNESS of waiting more bearable for
its patients.
lii closing we again desire to express
our appreciation of the Intelligent and
devoted service rendered the Hospital
by its Superintendent ANA Matron. Mrs.
Sarah Hayden. While the highest
success of an institution of this charac-
ter must rest upon the harmonious CO.
operation of all who participate in its
work. we feel justified in saying that
her tact. executive force and untiring
industry. have been a powerful factor
! III working out the altogether credita
| bic record of the past year.
| The day has gone by when the Au
gusta City Hospital is called upon to
! show cause for it's existence. The in
t"lligence of the community fully rec
ogniZes it's necessity. and appreciates
the cool work it is doing. II has been
vindicated by its results. In the flu
| ture. as in the past. it will be the earn
| est effort of those entrusted with it's
| management to maintain in its work
the same high standards that have
prevailed from it's establishment.
| &. Il. BURLEIGH,
NORMAN l.. BASSETT,
| JOHN r. GOULD.
GEO. T.. MACOMBER
| H. NJ. HEATH.
F.. G. DUDLEY.
| +. w. PLAISTED.
J. MANCHESTER HAYNES,
/ A. w. WHITNEY,
| G. l.. ANDREWS,
| J. II. MANLEY,